>>Cardinals Cruise Past Padres
(St. Louis, MO) — Mike Leake recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts over six innings to help the Cardinals cruise past the Padres, 10-2, at Busch Stadium. Leake improved to 7-and-7. Randal Grichuk , Jedd Gyorko and Stephen Piscotty all went deep to pace the offense as St. Louis took the opener of the four-game series.
>>Cards Host Padres
(St. Louis, MO) — The Cardinals and Padres play the second of four games at Busch Stadium. St. Louis is 48-and-44, eight games behind the Cubs for first place in the NL Central and two behind the Marlins for the second wild card spot. Carlos Martinez, who is 8-and-6, gets the start for the Cards opposite San Diego’s Colin Rea.
>>Cubs Mow Down Mets
(Chicago, IL) — Anthony Rizzo launched a three-run homer to power the Cubs to a 5-1 win over the Mets. Jon Lester fired seven-and-two-thirds innings of one-run ball to improve to 10-and-4. Hector Rondon induced a game-ending double-play to earn his 16th save. A stellar pitching matchup is on tap tonight as Chicago’s Jake Arrieta opposes Noah Syndergaard.
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