Randy Vasquez started on the mound for the San Diego Padres and worked three scoreless innings to start the game. He came to the mound in the top of the fourth inning with a 4-0 lead, but the St. Louis Cardinals scored four runs on four hits, which included a three-run home run by Pedro Pages that helped St. Louis make the score 4-4 after the top half of the fourth.
Pedro Pagés - St. Louis Cardinals (7) pic.twitter.com/gaVZ8lTd6K
— MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) August 3, 2025
The Cardinals added four more runs in two of the next five innings to
take an 8-4 win over the Padres at Petco Park, Saturday.
Vasquez was able to get out of the fourth and returned to the mound in the top of the fifth inning. He allowed a leadoff single to Ivan Herrera and was replaced on the mound by Jeremiah Estrada. He issued a walk to Alec Burleson, but got Willson Contreras to strikeout for the first out of the inning. Estrada then struck out Lars Nootbaar, but with two on and two out, Masyn Winn hit a line drive to left that got down the line and allowed Herrera and Burleson to score to give St. Louis a 6-4 lead.
Masyn Winn keeps it fair to give us the lead! pic.twitter.com/QOr0ro0rKw
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) August 3, 2025
Vasquez’s final line was four-plus innings with five runs allowed on eight hits with three strikeouts and no walks.
The Cardinals added two runs in the top of the ninth inning off Padres reliever Yuki Matsui. He allowed back-to-back one out singles and hit Herrera to load the bases. Burleson singled to score Victor Scott II to make the score 7-4. The bases remained loaded. With one out, Contreras hit a sacrifice fly to score Brendan Donovan to make the score 8-4.
San Diego added a run in the bottom of the ninth inning when Freddy Fermin hit an RBI-single to right field that scored Jose Iglesias, who started the inning with a walk, to make the score, 8-5.
The Padres started hot and scored four runs in the first three innings. One of those runs came on a triple down the right field line by Ramon Laureano that allowed Xander Bogaerts to score from first base to put San Diego in front 2-0.
Welcome to San Diego, Ramón!! pic.twitter.com/pL4b2oOsLZ
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) August 3, 2025
Jake Cronenworth followed Laureano and was hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners. That allowed Fermin to come up with a runner in scoring position and one out. He chopped a ball to the right side of the infield and Laureano scored from third on an RBI-groundout to put the Padres up 3-0 after the second inning.
Jackson Merrill added the fourth run for the Padres in the bottom of the third inning when he delivered a solo home run to center field that gave the Padres a 4-0 lead heading into the top of the fourth.
We like to call him Action Jackson pic.twitter.com/a2aGe8HaNh
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) August 3, 2025
San Diego closes out the series with St. Louis, Subday at 1:10 p.m.
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