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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 9, St. Louis 5
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, August 16, 2014
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Bob Davidson, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 44079

Padres 9, Cardinals 5:
Jedd Gyorko hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning and finished with five RBIs to help visiting San Diego rally from a pair of deficits to top St. Louis.

Jake Goebbert had a three-run triple for the Padres, who drew 10 walks while improving to 10-4 in August. Seth Smith finished with three hits and an RBI and Alex Torres (2-1) retired the only man he faced to end a rally in the sixth as San Diego pulled within six games of San Francisco for the second wild-card spot in the National League.

Matt Carpenter delivered a two-run double and Matt Adams tripled in a run as the Cardinals saw their three-game winning streak snapped. Oscar Taveras and Jhonny Peralta also had RBIs for St. Louis, which fell three games behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.

Abraham Almonte and Smith each singled with one out in the seventh and Yasmani Grandal walked before Gyorko turned on a Kevin Siegrist (1-3) offering for his second grand slam of the year to make it 8-5. Smith's added an RBI base hit in the eighth to provide a four-run bulge.

Peralta recorded an RBI double to ignite a four-run rally in the second, but San Diego answered right back in the third, when Gyorko singled in a run before Goebbert cleared the bases with a triple to right to tie it. Adams followed a two-out walk to Matt Holliday in the fifth with a three-base hit to put the Cardinals up 5-4.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Padres RHP Jesse Hahn allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings while his counterpart, RHP Shelby Miller, gave up four runs while walking a career-high six in six frames. ... The game was delayed by rain in the top of the seventh inning for 1 hour, 47 minutes. ... Gyorko has 17 RBIs in his last 17 games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Diego   St. Louis
Jesse Hahn Player Shelby Miller
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.2 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 4
7.94 ERA 6.00
Hitting
San Diego   St. Louis
Seth Smith Player Matt Adams
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 4
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Diego 9 1 15 .265 14 7 9 10 1 0
St. Louis 8 0 14 .229 14 6 5 2 0 0