Castellanos homer, Machado sac fly lift Padres past Cardinals
SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Nick Castellanos hit a tying two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and Manny Machado delivered a sacrifice fly in the 10th to rally the San Diego Padres past the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Sunday at PETCO Park.
The Padres managed only four hits but erased a 2-0 deficit with the late surge. Walker Buehler pitched six innings, allowing two runs on three hits while striking out two. Jordan Walker homered for St. Louis in the fourth, scoring Alec Burleson. Kyle Leahy worked five shutout innings, scattering two hits and striking out five. Ron Marinaccio struck out two over two scoreless innings for San Diego, and JoJo Romero fanned two in 1 1/3 innings for the Cardinals.
Adrian Morejon (3-1) earned the win with a scoreless 10th, while Gordon Graceffo (2-1) took the loss. The Cardinals fell to 23-17, while the Padres improved to 24-16 and moved into a tie with the Los Angeles Dodgers atop the NL West. Attendance was 39,795, and the game lasted 2 hours, 47 minutes.