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3 days ago
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Padres looking for more pop from lineup in clash vs. Cards
July 26 - San Diego Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller has made it clear he wants to acquire more offense before the trade deadline. The Padres, for the time being, are trying to make do with what they have. That challenge continues when they visit the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday in the third contest of a four-game series. The Cardinals recorded a 9-7 win on Thursday and a 3-0 victory on Friday night. The bottom third of the Padres' batting order went 4-for-24 in these two games. Overall, the Padres went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position Friday while stranding nine runners. Coming into this series, Padres manager Mike Shildt underscored his team's need to deliver good at-bats more consistently. "Our biggest thing is just to continue to make good swing decisions," Padres manager Mike Shildt told KMOX radio. "We have an aggressive club, which I love. I've always loved teams and players that are aggressive. "But we also want to make sure we're in the strike zone with what we're swinging at. We do that, we're pretty lethal." San Diego will give the starting nod to right-hander Randy Vasquez (3-4, 3.73 ERA), who has failed to work five or more innings in six of his past nine starts. He has a 3.07 ERA in his three starts in July, however. Vasquez won his only previous start against the Cardinals while allowing two runs on six hits over six innings in a 7-4 triumph on Aug. 26, 2024. The Padres and Cardinals are in a span of seven games against each other in 11 days. St. Louis trails San Diego by 1 1/2 games in the chase for the final wild-card spot in the National League. "It's important," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said after the win on Friday. "It's important. We have two more, we've taken the first two, we'll focus on tomorrow. We want to make sure we take tomorrow's game. Then we'll focus on the fourth game, then we'll go to their place. They're ahead of us, we're chasing. We need every game." St. Louis will give the starting nod on Saturday to left-hander Matthew Liberatore (6-7, 4.13), who got extra rest after allowing six runs on nine hits -- including two homers -- in three innings in a 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves on July 11. Liberatore still is trying to build endurance as a starting pitcher after swinging between starting and relief work earlier in his career. "This is a guy who likes to throw a lot," Marmol said. "He recovers well. He's feeling strong. He had that little bit of a hiccup where velocity wasn't what it needed to be, and he was having trouble holding it for that outing. The next outing was a little better, and then after that, it was fine. "But yeah, we'll continue to monitor it. But at the moment, he feels good." Liberatore is 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA in five career relief appearances against the Padres. This is his first career start against them. --Field Level Media
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6 days ago
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Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez on his hot hitting
Suarez hit four home runs in two games against the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
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Fermín hits first major league homer to break tie in the Cardinals' victory over the Braves
Members of the Busch Stadium grounds crew unfurl a tarp over the field at the start of a rain delay during the third inning of a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Fans wait out a rain delay during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Fermin, right, is congratulated by teammate Masyn Winn after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Fermin celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Fermin celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Fermin celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Members of the Busch Stadium grounds crew unfurl a tarp over the field at the start of a rain delay during the third inning of a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Fans wait out a rain delay during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Fermin, right, is congratulated by teammate Masyn Winn after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Fermin celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Cardinals' Jose Fermin celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Sunday, July 13, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ST. LOUIS (AP) — José Fermín hit his first major league home run to break a sixth-inning tie in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on a soggy Sunday. In his 159th career plate appearance, the 26-year-old Fermín smacked a sinker over the left-field fence off Jesse Chavez (0-1) with Masyn Wynn on base to cap the scoring. Advertisement Two rain delays totaled 4 hours, 2 minutes. The game lasted 2:38. The Braves added a run off Gordon Graceffo (3-0) in the seventh. Graceffo threw 1 2/3 innings. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his 19th save. Matt Olson led the Braves with three RBIs on two hits. Chavez started the fifth for Atlanta. He gave up two runs with two outs when Willson Contreras dropped a double in shallow right field to tie it at 3. Reliever Steven Matz surrendered two runs in the fifth. Just before the game was halted for a second time, Olson singled home two runs for a 3-1 advantage. St. Louis went up 1-0 in the second inning off Atlanta's Daniel Davis, who was recalled before the game and made his seventh career start and first this season. Advertisement The Braves touched St. Louis starter Sonny Gray for a run in the third on three consecutive two-out singles in the third. Nick Allen scored on Olson's single off the wall in right field. St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol was ejected in the bottom of the ninth. It was his fourth ejection this season. Key moment Winn's hustle led to the St. Louis' first run. He walked and stole second base. With two outs, Victor Scott II hit a ball that bounced off Davis and caromed into vacant area between first and second. Winn never stopped at third and scampered home to score without a throw. Key stat Fermín is hitting .381 in nine games since his June 25 recall from Triple-A Memphis. Up next The Braves return to action Friday when they host the New York Yankees. The Cardinals return to play Friday at Arizona. __ AP MLB:
