On Friday, the benches cleared in the matchup between the Cardinals and Padres after Nick Pivetta plunked Willson Contreras.

The Padres reclaimed the lead when Cronenworth scored again in the top of the fourth after grounding a double down the right field line, going to third on a groundout to the right side by Jose Iglesias and sliding in ahead of the throw home on a safety squeeze executed by Johnson.

St. Louis (54-53) dropped back-to-back games to San Diego (57-49), resulting in a four-game series split after Sunday's 9-2 loss at Busch Stadium.

Masyn Winn drove in two runs, Willson Contreras had two hits and scored twice and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0

Michael McGreevy and the Cardinals wrap up a fiery four-game home series vs. the Padres with Sunday's 1:15 p.m. start at Busch Stadium.

The San Diego Padres won their final game of a four-game set against the Wild Card-hopeful St. Louis Cardinals, 9-2. Manny Machado had a 4-for-5 day with three

The Cardinals made franchise history they haven't achieved in 82 years following their shutout win over the Padres on Friday.

While the Cardinals pitchers worked around 11 hits to keep the Padres scoreless, the Cardinals' lineup pushed across three runs on five hits, a pair of walks, and a hit