ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Dustin May pitched a one-hit shutout, striking out nine and walking none as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday night at Busch Stadium III.

May (5-6) faced just 28 batters, allowing only a single over nine innings. He threw 102 pitches in the complete-game gem for St. Louis (39-31). The Cardinals scored all their runs in the fourth and fifth innings against Padres starter Lucas Giolito (2-2). Jimmy Crooks doubled to center field in the fourth, driving in Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn. Alec Burleson added an RBI double in the fifth. Giolito went five innings, surrendering seven hits and three earned runs with two strikeouts. San Diego (37-34) mustered just one hit. Attendance was 26,973. The game lasted 2:08. The Padres had won three of four entering the series opener; the Cardinals had dropped three of four.