Lynn, Cardinals beat Padres for 3rd straight win

St. Louis Cardinals' Kolten Wong follows through on a RBI single to score Jon Jay during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals' Kolten Wong follows through on a RBI single to score Jon Jay during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Lance Lynn pitched six strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 4-2 Friday night for their third straight win.

Matt Adams, Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras hit RBI singles for St. Louis. San Diego has lost two in a row after a five-game winning streak.

Lynn (13-8) gave up one run and six hits, striking out six and walking one. The Padres handed him a 3-1 defeat on July 29.

Reliever Pat Neshek posted his fourth save. Regular closer Trevor Rosenthal was given the night off after two successive appearances.

Pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal homered with two outs in the Padres ninth. After Chris Nelson doubled, Neshek struck out Will Venable.

Tyson Ross (11-11) gave up three runs and five hits over six innings. He walked four and hit two batters.

Ross walked the first three batters in the first and Adam hit an RBI single. Jhonny Peralta followed with a run-scoring groundout.

Wong pushed the lead to 3-0 with an RBI single in the fourth. It was his team-high 27th RBI with two out.

San Diego climbed to within 3-1 on a double by Venable in the fifth. Lynn retired Tommy Medica and Seth Smith with runners on second and third to preserve the lead.

Taveras had a pinch-hit single in the eighth.

The Cardinals are 22-7 at home against San Diego since 2006.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: 1B Yonder Alonso is on the 15-day disabled list after straining his right forearm in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Rockies. It is his second stint on the DL this season. He missed 30 games with right wrist tendinitis from June 19 to July 26.

Cardinals: C Yadier Molina was able to do some light throwing on Thursday, 35 days after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb. Manager Mike Matheny indicated that Molina is progressing at a faster rate than first expected. He was projected to miss eight to 12 weeks, but appears ahead of schedule.

"I can't wait to grab a bat and see how the hand reacts," Molina said.

UP NEXT

St. Louis RHP Shelby Miller (8-9, 4.17) faces RHP Jesse Hahn (7-3, 2.52) in the third game of the four-game series on Saturday.

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