The Cardinals were hoping to build some momentum after last night’s 8-5 comeback victory. However, it was not to be. Sunday’s game was just a letdown in all facets. The offense was dead, errors were made, and the pitching fell apart.

Jake Cronenworth got the scoring going for the Padres, hitting a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 2-0 game. The game went off the rails in the seventh. With the bases loaded, Jackson Merrill drove in three with a triple off Gordon Graceffo and later scored on a sac fly by Xander Bogaerts. Ramon Laureano homered in the bottom of the eighth to make it 7-0.

The Cardinals made it a little interesting in the ninth. Nolan Gorman, who was originally supposed to get the day off before Brendan Donovan was scratched, drove in Ivan Herrera with a

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