{"id":39069,"date":"2020-09-30T22:41:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T02:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=39069"},"modified":"2020-09-30T22:41:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T02:41:11","slug":"cardinals-win-game-one-defeat-padres-7-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/09\/30\/cardinals-win-game-one-defeat-padres-7-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals Win Game One, Defeat Padres 7-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Game One:<\/strong> Cardinals 7, Padres 4<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/mlb-teams\/st-louis-cardinals\/\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>\u00a0scored seven runs on 13 hits en route to a Game One victory in the best-of-three Wild Card Series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/mlb-teams\/san-diego-padres\/\" target=\"_self\">San Diego Padres<\/a>. San Diego entered the series looking to avoid another early postseason exit at the hands of St. Louis. They were swept by the Cardinals in the Division Series in 1996 and 2005 and lost in four games to them in 2006. San Diego will now have to win two straight games against a team they have beaten once in 11 postseason games.<\/p>\n<h3>Cardinals Strike First<\/h3>\n<p>The Cardinals struck quickly in the top of the first inning with four runs on five hits. With one out, third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> got things going with an infield single to second. First baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goldspa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Goldschmidt<\/a> followed that up with a two-run blast off Padres ace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paddach01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Paddack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A perfect start for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cardinals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Cardinals<\/a>. \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Postseason?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Postseason<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ji7qYyEt2G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ji7qYyEt2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1311414558771294210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis continued to pile it on with an RBI single from catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/molinya01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yadier Molina<\/a> and a sacrifice fly from designated hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carpema01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Carpenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We showed them that we&#8217;re ready to play and we sent a message,&#8221; shortstop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dejonpa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul DeJong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/baseball\/professional\/cardinal-beat\/cardinals-send-a-message-to-padres-in-7-4-first-game-victory-in-wild-card\/article_bc155f55-5063-5e6a-b09f-44cdc6a00815.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said after the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Cardinals Bullpen Dominates<\/h3>\n<p>Cardinals starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kimkw01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kwang Hyun Kim<\/a> struggled, giving up five hits, three runs, and two walks in 3 2\/3 innings. However, the bullpen came to the rescue for St. Louis. Relievers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/helslry01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Helsley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabrege01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genesis Cabrera<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallegi01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giovanny Gallegos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/millean01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Miller<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reyesal02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Reyes<\/a> combined to give up just three hits, two walks, and no earned runs. The only run allowed by the pen was unearned due to a fielding error at third base.<\/p>\n<h3>Short-Handed Rotation for San Diego<\/h3>\n<p>The Padres received a blow before the series started when they learned that starting pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/clevimi01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Clevinger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lametdi01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dinelson Lamet<\/a> would miss the Wild Card Series. With Paddack only going 2 1\/3 innings in Game One, this puts a lot of pressure on right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davieza02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Davies<\/a> in Game Two to not only pitch well, but efficiently. This also puts added pressure on the Padres offense as they try to pick up the pitching staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOffensively, we understand it\u2019s going to be on us to pick those guys up,\u201d Padres first baseman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hosmeer01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Eric Hosmer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/sports\/padres\/story\/2020-09-30\/padres-cardinals-wild-card-playoffs-chris-paddack\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe understand our rotation is a little short-handed right now. That\u2019s what good teams do is they pick each other up, especially in a playoff run like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Up Next<\/h3>\n<p>The Cardinals will look to close out the series on Thursday as they send veteran right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wainwad01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Wainwright<\/a> (5-3, 3.15 ERA) to the mound. The Padres will counter with right-hander Zach Davies (7-4, 2.73) as they look to stay alive and force a Game Three. First pitch is scheduled for 5:08 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on ESPN2.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"r_uyHj2_QVFAfbgK0j8cjw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1277669558\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'r_uyHj2_QVFAfbgK0j8cjw',sig:'Aj-plAZRlLO4758XfFnVqIEgd-893pjkMQQrJ53Gd7I=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1277669558',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game One: Cardinals 7, Padres 4 The St. Louis Cardinals\u00a0scored seven runs on 13 hits en route to a Game One victory in the best-of-three Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres. San Diego entered the series looking to avoid another early postseason exit at the hands of St. Louis. They were swept by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2924,"featured_media":39075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,30],"tags":[3965,2600,208,93,168,3899],"class_list":["post-39069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardinals","category-padres","tag-chris-paddack","tag-paul-dejong","tag-paul-goldschmidt","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-tommy-edman"],"modified_by":"Aaron Cornett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}