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A very important series kicks off tonight. It’s game one of four between the Redbirds and the San Diego Padres’s. Padres’s in the three spot. These Cardinals are three and a half games back of the Padres’s. Got an opportunity here against the Padres’s. You’ll see him a lot. Starts tonight with Sunny Gray on the mound. Sunny Gray can be as hot as it is outside. Man, they need him in this one. Fernando Tatis Jr. is going to lead off for San Diego. And a liner into left field for a base hit. Good start here for Fernando. Singles to start the first inning. The batting Luis Rise, who has won batting titles in both leagues. Two-1 pitch. He turns on it, lines it into right field for a big set. Fernando going first to third at least, maybe beyond. Digging it out is Walker. Here comes Fernando. They’re going to wave him around and he’ll score. Padres take a one- nothing lead. Luis arrives, drives him in with a double. Well, with only seven runs scored in the Miami series, I tell you what, this is looking pretty darn good for the Brown and Gold. Fernando with the lead off. And as soon as this ball right there into the corner as I was watching as Fernando rounding second, it was going to send him big time. No problem for Fernando scoring from first on that one. Good start here for San Diego. Or at second base, a run in and Manny Machado for the first time tonight. One and two on Machado. Sunny Gray gets him to swing and miss. Machado’s the first out. One away in the first inning. Merryill has four hits in his last 19 at bats. Barrow lines one to right field and that’s in for a base hit. Being waved around is a rise. He will score. Throw goes to second and it’s an RBI single for Jackson. Merrill in a two nothing Padres’s lead. Gray will give you something to hit. He’s not wild. Well, sometimes you can be wild in the zone. Jackson really attacked that one. Seven RBI’s in the last eight games now for Jackson Merrill. Drives in a run here. Padres’s have two in the first inning. Darvish on the mound tonight for San Diego. for Ud Darvish making his fourth start since being off the IIL and a line drive by Donnie into right field a base hit just out of reach of Jake Croninworth. Donovan keeps on rolling along. He’s got a leadoff single that brings in the Cardinal DH Ivon Herrera. That’ll drop in there for strike three. The curve ball for Darvis first strike out of the night. Two down. Donovan at first and brings up Wilson Contrarus right into the left field corner. A base hit. Donnie around second on his way to third. Pop’s going to waver it. Here he comes. Here comes the relay. It’s on target. Ball gets away and all the way around to third is Contraras. It’s a 2-1 game. It’s 94 in. Gets the hands to it. Another big swing of the bat there by Contras. His 27th double of the season. Ball was got to pretty well by Johnson. The relay by Bogarts, but that short hop. You either got to get it there in the air or the long hop got caught in between. So a big two out RBI for the Cardinals who answer right back. Well, the Cardinals got one back. We go to the second. One out. Nobody on here for Jordan Walker. Lind over short. Walker has a base hit to start the home stand. That’s the third Cardinal hit. Two outs and Victor Scott II steps up to the plate. Three balls in a strike and ball four. The inning continues. Back to the top and Brendon Donovan. And it puts two men on with two out. Let’s see if St. Louis can take advantage. They got a two out run scoring hit last inning. Swing drive hammered toward right. Tatis on the run. That is gone. Donovan with a threerun homer. Was trying to get back in the count with that sweeper. It went down and in but stayed on the plate. That beautiful balance swing by Donovan. 385 ft shot give the Cardinals a two-run lead. Herrera was called out on strikes. the first out in the Cardinal first inning. On the ground, there’s a base hit for Herrera. So, a homer and a single and a walk after two outs. There’s Berles. Three in, two outs. Berles’s got the whole third base line to play with if he swings late. And he did. That’s headed for the sidewall that kicks off toward Johnson. The Cardinals have him second and third with two outs. This is a curveball off the plate away. You want to talk about patience, keeping the hands back and being able to shoot the ball the other way. What a great job. Saw the hesitation right there and the intent in the swing of Berles. That’s a pro hitter. So Berles has his 18th double and Darvish can’t believe it. Walk homer single double. Now Contraras hits. Chance to put a big number up here. Swing high fly ball up toward left center. at the track at the wall. Big fly. Threerun homer. Contrarus. Not down and away. It backs up on him and it ends up being the 14th of the season. The threerun shot. A sixrun second inning by the Cardinals. That ball was destroyed. A team that hasn’t hit many home runs, Brad. Two threerun bombs in this inning. 72 Cardinals have the lead as we move to the top of the third inning. Well, time to chip away. That single wouldn’t be bad. Extra base hit wouldn’t be bad. Start chipping away. Fernando Tatis Jr. leads off. Little fly ball to right field and deep back goes Walker to the wall. It’s gone into the bullpen opposite field for Fernando. His 17th of the year and the Padres will get their third run of the night on the home run by Fernando. All right, that’s a start. Great at back gets to 32. Gray tries to run that sinker from outside to the inside to the outside corner and it catches too much plate. Oppo taco for Totty. 73 ball game. Arise with 959 hits. Takes it the other way into left field for a base hit and this one will get by the left fielder Berles. So Arise is headed to second. He’ll cruise into second base with a double. Setting up Vachado with a runner in scoring position. Machado drives this one out towards right center field. It’s deep. It’s back and that ball is gone. Two-run shot for Manny Machado. 19th home run of the year. Padres’s right back in it again. It’s now seven to five St. Louis. This was just elite hitting by Manny Machado. Opposite field shot cuts the lead to two. Got some offense going on right here. And he just lost Victor Scott. Lead off walk. Good patience. Scott walks twice. Victor takes off. Pitch low, throw high. And Scott holds the bag at second. and he went on first move. So an RBI chance for Brendan Donovan and he gave himself up. That is Cardinal baseball. Brendan Donovan pulls the ball to the right side. But on to third base goes Scott. Herrera lines it into right center field for a base hit. Donnie moved him to third and Herrera drives him in and the Cardinals now lead eight to five. Jackson and Merryill leads off. Sharply hit and into center field. A base hit for Merrill. His second hit of the night. Good start to the fifth inning for San Diego. Sander Bogurts. He drives one to right field. Back goes Walker. He leaps and can’t catch it. It’s off the wall. And heading for third base is Jackson Merrill. To second base goes Bogart. Second and third with nobody out. Tying run to the plate. It’s Gavin Sheets. This is headed towards shortstop. In from third base is Merryill. He’ll score. The throw to first is in time, but a run scores and it’s now eight to six. Guards at third. Two down, top of the fifth inning. Johnson batting left-handed on the ground right side. Graves got to cover. He does the throw off his glove and from third comes Bogards. Run will score and the Padres’s get another run. It’s a one-run game. It’s 87 in the sixth. Ivon Herrera the batter. Swing and a drive. A laser hit toward left center. Herrera is back. He’s got three hits. It’s 97 in St. Lewis and one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Victor Scott II is fittingly the second guy to bat this inning. Here’s the 10. Scott drives it to right center field for a hit and that ball is going to be backhanded by Tatis. Scott will put on the brakes. A long single for Victor Scott the second and he’s on base for the third time. Donovan’s night got off to a great start. Singleton scored in the first. Led in to right again. Tatis can’t get that one either. What a night for Donovan. He’s got a three hit game. So, a chance to maybe put this one away in the eighth. Herrera a three hit night. 3-1 pitch here for the Cardinal DH. Ball four low and the bases are loaded with one out with a double back in the second inning. Run scored. One for four night on the ground to first base. A rise will go to second. The out there throw back to first. They got it. Double play. That’s huge. Little 363 to get out of trouble in the eighth. And we’ll head to the ninth inning in St. Louis. Open overall. O’Brien Romero Maton three scoreless. And now it is Ryan Hley’s turn. So the last hope for the Padres’s Gavin Sheets. It’ll be up to Helsley trying to finish it off. Tying run at the plate here in the ninth inning with the fans on their feet here. Swing and a miss. Tag the runner. Light it up in downtown St. Louis. The Cardinals win game one of the four game series 9 to7.