San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals

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San Diego Padres

37-35, 18-16 Away

Final
2 - 3

St. Louis Cardinals

40-31, 21-16 Home

Pallante throws 7 strong innings as Cardinals beat Padres 3-2

Pallante (8-4) struck out six while giving up two runs on four hits, and Riley O’Brien earned his 18th save.

Lars Nootbaar opened the second inning with a walk before he scored on Jordan's first double of the season. Church singled and Jordan gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead.

Nootbaar capped the Cardinal's scoring with a sacrifice fly to center field in the fifth to put the Cardinals up 3-1.

JJ Wetherholt finished 3 for 4 with a walk for St. Louis — tying a season-high in hits for the fourth time this season. Wetherholt became the second rookie this season with 65+ hits and 10+ home runs.

Michael King (4-6) took the loss after allowing three runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Ty France hit an RBI single in the fifth that scored a run before being thrown out at second while trying to leg out a double. Jackson Merrill had a one-run double in the sixth that scored Fernando Tatis Jr. but that was it for the Padres to cap a four-hit night.

The Cardinals became the fifth National League team to reach 40 wins this season.

Up next RHP Kyle Leahy (5-3, 4.64 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals, while the Brewers have yet to announce a starter for the series finale on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bogaerts grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bowen ran for Machado
	9th Inning	Machado walked.
	9th Inning	Merrill flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Tatis Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	O'Brien relieved Stanek

Statistics

SD		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
16	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	3
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
2	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
6	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	9
31	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.2	Runs Created	4.8
.133	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.167	Slugging Percentage	.290
.100	Secondary Average	.226
.161	On Base Percentage	.385
.328	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.675
2.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
15.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.033	Isolated Power	.032
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.67
.032	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
-.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
64.0	MLB Rating	77.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0