SAN DIEGO (AP) —Nick Pivetta gave up one hit and one run in seven innings, Jackson Merrill drove in two runs, and the San Diego Padres won their sixth game in a row, 4-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Pivetta (11-3) struck out five and did not give up a walk. His only blemish was a solo homer by Willson Contreras in the fifth that gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. San Diego answered with four runs in the bottom of the fifth, in large part due to two errors that led to three unearned runs. The Cardinals’ RHP Michael McGreevy(2-2, 4.91 ERA) takes the hill in game two of the series tonight versus the Padres.
TORONTO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski homered in his first at-bat with Kansas City, Michael Wacha limited Toronto to a run in eight innings in his longest outing of the season, and the Royals beat the Blue Jays 9-3 on Friday night. Acquired from San Francisco just before the trade deadline Thursday, Yastrzemski had a two-run shot off Kevin Gausman (7-8) in the second inning to make it 2-1. Wacha (5-9) allowed three hits and struck out five, helping the Royals improve to .500 for the first time since June 20. He gave up one run for the fourth consecutive start. Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez, and Adam Frazier also homered. Then Kansas City added four runs in the ninth. Perez and Frazier homered, and Maikel Garcia had a bases-loaded single. Kansas City LHP Noah Cameron (5-4, 2.44 ERA) was set to start Saturday against Toronto.
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