San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

38-35, 19-16 Away

Final
6 - 1

St. Louis Cardinals

40-32, 21-17 Home

Tatis and Merrill combine for 4 RBIs as the Padres beat the Cardinals 6-1

San Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Tatis, who also stole a base, is 17 for 48 (.354) with four doubles and a home run in his last 11 games. Merrill highlighted his three-hit effort with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, his eighth of the season.

San Diego pounded out 14 hits, but went 4 for 14 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners on base. In consecutive losses to St. Louis, the Padres had scored just two runs and managed five total hits.

Griffin Canning (1-5) worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and a run in relief. It was his sixth career relief appearance. He has made eight starts this season. Bradgley Rodriguez started the second bullpen game of the series for the Padres. He pitched the first inning.

Kyle Leahy (5-4) pitched six innings in taking the loss as the Cardinals had their six-game home winning streak halted.

Merrill singled in the first inning, sending Samad Taylor to third. Manny Machado’s sacrifice fly scored Taylor, giving the Padres a 1-0 lead.

San Diego made it 2-0 in the fourth inning when Xander Bogaerts’ one-out RBI single scored Machado, who led off the inning with a double.

The Padres extended their lead to 3-0 in the fifth on an RBI double by Tatis. His run-scoring single in the ninth accounted for the final run.

St. Louis cut San Diego's lead to 3-1 when Alec Burleson extended his hitting streak to 17 games with an RBI single in the fifth.

Up next Padres: After an off day Thursday, San Diego sends RHP Randy Vásquez (6-4, 3.63 ERA) against the Rangers on Friday. Texas has not named a starter.

Cardinals: LHP Matthew Liberatore (3-3, 4.71 ERA) takes on Royals LHP Noah Cameron (3-4, 4.11) in Kansas City on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pagés grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Winn grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Nootbaar out at second.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar singled to left.
	9th Inning	Morejon relieved Adam
	9th Inning	France struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Winn, Sheets to second, Machado to third.

Statistics

SD		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	17
9	Strikeouts	4
6	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	6
3	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	1
151	Pitches	129
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	6
43	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
8.2	Runs Created	1.1
.368	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.526	Slugging Percentage	.200
.316	Secondary Average	.100
.419	On Base Percentage	.294
.945	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.494
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.9
8.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
50.0	Batter Rating	11.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.158	Isolated Power	.000
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
-.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.100
12.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
98.8	MLB Rating	67.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0