SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wil Myers had a solo homer among his three hits and drove in three runs, and Andrew Cashner threw six strong innings to pitch the San Diego Padres to a 4-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
The Padres have won four of six games.
Myers homer to right-center off Adam Wainwright with one out in the first was estimated at 418 feet. It was his fourth.
Myers hit a sacrifice fly in the third to score Cashner, who beat out a leadoff bunt single and advanced to third on Jon Jay's single to right. Myers' third hit was an RBI double in the seventh.
Adam Rosales hit an RBI double for the Padres in the fourth.
Cashner's only mistake as allowing Randal Grichuk's homer to left-center with two outs in the fourth, his third. He allowed one run and three hits while striking out four and walking one.
Cashner (1-1) is looking to bounce back from a rough 2015, when he went 6-16 with a 4.34 ERA.
Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his third save.
The Cardinals had a chance to close within one run in the seventh but Kolton Wong, aboard on a leadoff single, was thrown out trying to score on Ruben Tejada's double to right.
Wainwright (0-3) allowed three runs and three hits in seven innings, struck out two and walked one.
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Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (1-0, 2.76) is scheduled to start the middle game of the series Saturday night.
Padres: RHP Cesar Vargas will be called up Saturday from Double-A San Antonio to make his big league debut. The Padres will have to make a corresponding move. Vargas will be starting in the rotation spot of Robbie Erlin, who's on the disabled list with a strained left elbow.