Cardinals pitching shuts door on Padres
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Hit batter, error, walks, misplays are costly; Padres will have to win next two games to avoid losing record on road trip
The Cardinal received five-plus scoreless innings from Miles Mikolas in a 3-0 shutout of the Padres on Friday night at Busch Stadium.
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Yardbarker on MSNMiles Mikolas leads Cardinals to shutout of PadresMiles Mikolas and four St. Louis Cardinals relievers combined to shut out the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night. Mikolas (6-7) scattered seven hits over five-plus innings.
The last time the Cardinals won consecutive games before Friday night, it was June 29 and St. Louis sat a season-best nine games over .500, filled with confidence. An MLB-worst 5-13 stretch followed f
Manny Machado was hit twice and Willson Contreras was plunked for the second straight night as the Padres and Cardinals emptied the benches.
Manny Machado and St. Louis’ Willson Contreras each were plunked twice as the benches cleared for the second straight night.
Mikolas (6-7) earned the win Friday against the Padres, allowing seven hits and striking out one across five scoreless innings.
Colorado blanked the Cardinals, 6-0, on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field in the team’s first shutout since May 15, 2024, when the Rockies beat the Padres, 8-0, in San Diego. The 220-game drought was the longest of baseball’s modern era, supplanting a 199-game run without a shutout by the St. Louis Browns in 1939.