San Diego PadresvsSt. Louis Cardinals
SD 0/STL 3
Things to say
Cardinals shut out the Padres 3-0 at Busch Stadium.
01
Cards took care of business at home, 3-0 over San Diego. Padres bats just never showed up. Quiet night at Busch but a win's a win.
02
key player
Whoever the Cards ran out there was dealing — a shutout on a Sunday night, that's a starter who got into his stuff early and never let up.
03
hot take
San Diego's lineup is overrated. You can't get blanked by a team scratching out three runs and pretend you're a contender.
04
deep cut
Three runs is all St. Louis needed and the bullpen barely got touched — feels like the manager finally trusted his starter past the sixth instead of going to the pen too early.
05
exit
Anyway, getaway day tomorrow — curious if the Padres' bats wake up or if this slide keeps going.
The recap
Cardinals took care of business at Busch and blanked San Diego 3-0, and honestly it had that quiet getaway-day feel where the pitching just smothered everything. St.
Louis' starter clearly got into his stuff early, kept the Padres' heart of the order off balance, and handed it to the pen with a lead. San Diego's bats never showed up, couldn't string anything together, and you could feel the OBP just cratering inning after inning.
Three-zip, Cards move to 39-31, and the Padres slink back to the hotel at 37-34 wondering where the offense went.