Overview
- Cease pitched five one-hit innings with nine strikeouts while allowing only one baserunner in the Padres’ 7-3 win over the Cardinals.
- Jake Cronenworth’s two-run homer and Ramon Laureano’s solo shot were complemented by Jackson Merrill’s bases-clearing triple in the seventh inning.
- Jason Adam, Jeremiah Estrada and David Morgan combined for three hitless innings before Robert Suarez notched his 32nd save.
- St. Louis scored three runs in the ninth on RBI singles by Nolan Gorman and Jordan Walker but could not complete the comeback.
- The victory improved the Padres to 62-50, leaving them three games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and holding a four-game Wild Card cushion.