Jackson Merrill stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning with the bases loaded and one out, and the San Diego Padres leading 2-0. Merrill faced St. Louis Cardinals reliever Gordon Graceffo, who issued a four-pitch walk to Manny Machado. Merrill hit a ground ball down the first base line that stayed fair and rolled into the corner. Freddy Fermin, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Machado scored to put the Padres ahead 5-0.
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Merrill stopped at third with a triple and later scored on a Xander Bogaerts sacrifice fly to center field that put San Diego ahead 6-0 en route to a 7-3 win over St.