ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yangervis Solarte ended his RBI drought with a barrage of timely hits.
Solarte homered and drove in a career-high six runs, Austin Hedges also went deep and the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-4 on Tuesday night.
Solarte hit his homer a projected 455 feet over the right-field bullpen in the eighth inning to cap his career night. The Padres, who tied a season high for runs, had scored six runs over their previous four games combined, and Solarte had six RBIs over the last two weeks.
"I just focused on the middle of the field and the results were good," Solarte said through an interpreter.