BASEBALL: Cardinals give up just one hit in shutout win over Padres

Michael McGreevy and two relievers combined on a one-hit shutout Friday night as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals scored all their runs in the fifth inning of a 6-0 victory over the San Diego Padres.

McGreevy (3-2) gave up a leadoff single to Jackson Merrill in the fourth and two walks while fanning nine in his second straight six-inning shutout performance against an NL West opponent. He blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday during his team's 3-2 victory.

Griffin Canning (0-1) was matching McGreevy pitch for pitch until a disastrous fifth. Canning surrendered seven hits and six runs over 4 1/3 innings, walking two and whiffing five.

The game turned on a bases-loaded chance for each team. San Diego had its opportunity after Merrill's single. Two-out walks to Gavin Sheets and Fernando Tatis Jr. loaded the bases, but McGreevy induced a groundout from Miguel Andujar.

In the fifth, the Cardinals filled the sacks on singles from Masyn Winn and Nathan Church plus a one-out walk to Victor Scott II. JJ Wetherholt grounded a single to right that scored Winn and Church, but Tatis overran the ball. It rolled to the warning track for a three-base error and a 4-0 lead.

Ivan Herrera then singled, one of his four hits on the night, and Alec Burleson doubled. Jordan Walker walked, and Nolan Gorman greeted reliever Yuki Matsui with an RBI single to right. Winn capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly to left.

St. Louis pitchers didn't throw a stressful pitch over the last five innings, retiring the last 16 batters they faced. The Padres have managed only five hits in the series' first two games after collecting a total of 20 in wins Tuesday and Wednesday at San Francisco.

Burleson and Church finished with two hits each for the Cardinals, who stretched their road winning streak to six games and have won nine of their last 11 games overall. It was the seventh loss in 10 games for San Diego.

-Field Level Media/Reuters