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6 days ago
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Cardinals blank Padres 3-0; benches clear after Contreras hit by pitch
ST. LOUIS -- Masyn Winn drove in two runs, Willson Contreras had two hits and scored twice and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night. Miles Mikolas (6-7) pitched into the sixth inning, allowing seven hits but no runs to pick up just his second win since May 23. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his 21st save. Padres starter Nick Pivetta (10-3) sustained his first loss since May 11. The 32-year-old, who in his first year in San Diego and having a career year, gave up three runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. The Padres had 11 hits and stranded nine in their fourth consecutive loss. The Cardinals scored a run in the second without a hit. Contreras was hit by a fastball and barked at Pivetta as he went to first with catcher Elias Díaz walking between them. Both benches and bullpens rushed onto the field but it quickly fizzled and the teams were given warnings. Nolan Arenado reached on an error by Jake Cronenworth, a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, and Yohel Pozo hit a grounder to shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who lost his balance and had to throw to first, allowing Contreras to score. Winn's two-run double in the fourth extended the Cardinals lead to 3-0. In the fourth inning with two on and no outs, San Diego's Gavin Sheets hit a fly to deep right. Jackson Merrill tagged and went to third. Bogaerts tried to go to second but Jordan Walker threw to the cutoff man and Bogaerts was easily out for a double play. Mikolas then struck out Cronenworth to escape the jam. Contreras has been hit by a pitch a National League-leading 15 times this season. Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (3-4, 3.73 ERA) square offs against Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-7, 4.13) on Saturday.
Fox Sports
6 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Cardinals blank Padres 3-0; benches clear after Contreras hit by pitch
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Masyn Winn drove in two runs, Willson Contreras had two hits and scored twice and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night. Miles Mikolas (6-7) pitched into the sixth inning, allowing seven hits but no runs to pick up just his second win since May 23. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his 21st save. Padres starter Nick Pivetta (10-3) sustained his first loss since May 11. The 32-year-old, who in his first year in San Diego and having a career year, gave up three runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. The Padres had 11 hits and stranded nine in their fourth consecutive loss. The Cardinals scored a run in the second without a hit. Contreras was hit by a fastball and barked at Pivetta as he went to first with catcher Elias Diaz walking between them. Both benches and bullpens rushed onto the field but it quickly fizzled and the teams were given warnings. Nolan Arenado reached on an error by Jake Cronenworth, a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, and Yohel Pozo hit a grounder to shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who lost his balance and had to throw to first, allowing Contreras to score. Winn's two-run double in the fourth extended the Cardinals lead to 3-0. Key moment In the fourth inning with two on and no outs, San Diego's Gavin Sheets hit a fly to deep right. Jackson Merrill tagged and went to third. Bogaerts tried to go to second but Jordan Walker threw to the cutoff man and Bogaerts was easily out for a double play. Mikolas then struck out Cronenworth to escape the jam. Key stat Contreras has been hit by a pitch a National League-leading 15 times this season. Up next Padres RHP Randy Vasquez (3-4, 3.73 ERA) square offs against Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-7, 4.13) on Saturday. __ AP MLB: recommended Item 1 of 2
Winnipeg Free Press
6 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Cardinals blank Padres 3-0; benches clear after Contreras hit by pitch
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Masyn Winn drove in two runs, Willson Contreras had two hits and scored twice and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night. Miles Mikolas (6-7) pitched into the sixth inning, allowing seven hits but no runs to pick up just his second win since May 23. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his 21st save. Padres starter Nick Pivetta (10-3) sustained his first loss since May 11. The 32-year-old, who in his first year in San Diego and having a career year, gave up three runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. The Padres had 11 hits and stranded nine in their fourth consecutive loss. The Cardinals scored a run in the second without a hit. Contreras was hit by a fastball and barked at Pivetta as he went to first with catcher Elias Díaz walking between them. Both benches and bullpens rushed onto the field but it quickly fizzled and the teams were given warnings. Nolan Arenado reached on an error by Jake Cronenworth, a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, and Yohel Pozo hit a grounder to shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who lost his balance and had to throw to first, allowing Contreras to score. Winn's two-run double in the fourth extended the Cardinals lead to 3-0. Key moment In the fourth inning with two on and no outs, San Diego's Gavin Sheets hit a fly to deep right. Jackson Merrill tagged and went to third. Bogaerts tried to go to second but Jordan Walker threw to the cutoff man and Bogaerts was easily out for a double play. Mikolas then struck out Cronenworth to escape the jam. Key stat Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Contreras has been hit by a pitch a National League-leading 15 times this season. Up next Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (3-4, 3.73 ERA) square offs against Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-7, 4.13) on Saturday. __ AP MLB:
Hamilton Spectator
6 days ago
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Cardinals blank Padres 3-0; benches clear after Contreras hit by pitch
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Masyn Winn drove in two runs, Willson Contreras had two hits and scored twice and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night. Miles Mikolas (6-7) pitched into the sixth inning, allowing seven hits but no runs to pick up just his second win since May 23. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his 21st save. Padres starter Nick Pivetta (10-3) sustained his first loss since May 11. The 32-year-old, who in his first year in San Diego and having a career year, gave up three runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. The Padres had 11 hits and stranded nine in their fourth consecutive loss. The Cardinals scored a run in the second without a hit. Contreras was hit by a fastball and barked at Pivetta as he went to first with catcher Elias Díaz walking between them. Both benches and bullpens rushed onto the field but it quickly fizzled and the teams were given warnings. Nolan Arenado reached on an error by Jake Cronenworth, a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, and Yohel Pozo hit a grounder to shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who lost his balance and had to throw to first, allowing Contreras to score. Winn's two-run double in the fourth extended the Cardinals lead to 3-0. Key moment In the fourth inning with two on and no outs, San Diego's Gavin Sheets hit a fly to deep right. Jackson Merrill tagged and went to third. Bogaerts tried to go to second but Jordan Walker threw to the cutoff man and Bogaerts was easily out for a double play. Mikolas then struck out Cronenworth to escape the jam. Key stat Contreras has been hit by a pitch a National League-leading 15 times this season. Up next Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (3-4, 3.73 ERA) square offs against Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-7, 4.13) on Saturday. __ AP MLB:
Miami Herald
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Padres jump on Nationals early, cruise to series-clinching victory
WASHINGTON – There would be no regrets on Sunday. The San Diego Padres scored five runs in the first inning, added on in both the second and third and then settled into an 8-1 rout of the Washington Nationals that completed a series win. That was the Padres' response to knowing they had blown it the night before. They had played well but hit poorly in a 4-2 loss on Saturday, a season-long theme they emerged from the All-Star break focused on changing. Failure to come through in prime scoring opportunities, they know, can end up being the difference between making the postseason and a long winter. On Friday afternoon, fresh from a quick trip to his home in Aruba, Xander Bogaerts was talking about the Padres' abundance of games decided by one or two runs. He said: "The close ones you lose, those are the ones in the end, if you lose by a game or two, you're like, '(Expletive).' You know?" Bogaerts and several other players do. They lost 42 games by two or fewer runs in 2023 and ultimately fell two game shy of the postseason. Bogaerts' grand slam in the first inning got the Padres on their way Sunday, as they sent nine batters to the plate and made Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore throw 37 pitches. Another run in the second on a two-out walk by Manny Machado, single by Bogaerts and single by Gavin Sheets made it 6-0, as Gore threw 31 more pitches. Jackson Rutledge was warming up as the third inning began. Cronenworth's second double of the game greeted Gore, and Elias Díaz's two-run homer made it 8-0 and ended Gore's day. Rutledge, whose 6.80 ERA was second-worst among 170 qualifying relievers this season, ended up throwing 3 2/3 scoreless innings. The Nationals' lone run came on San Diego native Riley Adams' fifth-inning home run off Nick Pivetta, who tied a career high with his 10th victory over the season. Pivetta (10-2, 2.81) spread three hits and a walk over six innings in his team-leading 12th quality start of the season. The Padres entered the game having not scored more than six runs in a game since June 14. They scored seven on Friday, including five in the ninth inning, before losing Saturday. The loss in the series' middle game was their 36th time scoring two or fewer runs in a game, sixth most in the major leagues but three more than any other team with a winning record. They are 11-25 in such games, which has the double-edged distinction of being the second-best record in the major leagues when scoring one or two runs in a game but also 14 games under .500. Saturday's loss was also their 21st by two or fewer runs. Their 34-21 record in games decided by such a slim margin is third-best in the majors. But the fact that more than 60% of their victories have required their bullpen to protect such slim margins is considered unsustainable. They made sure that was not an issue Sunday. Bogaerts' grand slam, the Padres' of the series and second of the season, followed walks by Fernando Tatis Jr. and Machado sandwiched around a single by Luis Arraez to start the game. It was the Padres' first five-run first inning since May 10 in Colorado and their five-run inning of the series. They had scored that many runs in an inning once in their previous 42 games entering this weekend after doing so five times in their first 54 games. ____ Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
