The Padres went for a traditional starter-reliever-closer win tonight, with Eric Lauer taking the Cardinals on for round two after getting blasted back in May. Things went better this time around, and wouldn’t you know it, the Padres have now taken 4 straight series for the month of June.
Lauer dished out 5.2 innings, giving up 8 hits but keeping St. Louis to two earned runs, one from a home run. The runs came in the 6th inning, which knocked out Lauer for Jose Castillo, but before that Lauer threw 5 scoreless innings.