St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals

56-57, 24-33 Away

Final
3 - 7

San Diego Padres

62-50, 36-19 Home

Cease, Cronenworth, Laureano power Padres to a 7-3 win over the Cardinals

Cease (4-10) struck out nine with a walk as the Padres (62-50) won for the seventh time in eight games and moved three games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers (65-47).

Jason Adams, Jeremiah Estrada and David Morgan followed Cease and put the Cardinals down in order in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Robert Suarez worked one inning and earned his 32nd save.

Cronenworth opened the scoring with a two-run homer, his ninth, in the fourth. Laureano added a solo shot, his 16th, in the eighth inning. Jackson Merrill had a three-run triple in the seventh to extend the Padres' lead to 6-0.

Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (6-8) allowed two runs on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts in five innings. Gordon Graceffo gave up four runs on four hits in two innings before giving way to Roddery Munoz.

The Cardinals got on the board at the top of the ninth on bases-loaded singles by Nolan Gorman and Jordan Walker.

Key moment Laureano's home run in the eighth inning was his first as a member of the Padres in his third game with the team. He was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles before the trade deadline.

Key stat Cease matched his strikeout total for his previous outing, against the New York Mets on July 27.

Up next The Padres open a series against the Diamondbacks on Monday. RHP Brandon Pfaadt (10-7, 5.11 ERA) goes for Arizona, while San Diego has not named a starter.

The Cardinals travel to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers on Monday. Sonny Gray (10-5, 4.38 ERA ) will start for St. Louis against Los Angeles RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-1, 3.38).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Winn lined out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Scott II singled to right, Walker to second, Gorman to third.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar hit sacrifice fly to left, Contreras scored.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar hit for Saggese
	9th Inning	Pozo struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved Morejon

Statistics

STL		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	12
16	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	5
1	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
173	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
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	19
37	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
1.4	Runs Created	6.8
.188	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.594
.094	Secondary Average	.406
.250	On Base Percentage	.395
.438	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.988
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
18.0	Batter Rating	48.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.000	Isolated Power	.281
0.19	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
6.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
67.5	MLB Rating	96.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0