The San Diego Padres started and finished strong on their longest road trip of the season. Hitting and running as if the ground was burning their feet, the Padres concluded the 10-game, three-city trek Sunday with a 9-2 victory over the St.

The St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres are in the fight for the final National League wild- card slot. They are facing each other seven times in a span of 11 days.

Manny Machado had two hits and was twice hit by pitches, and San Diego and St. Louis cleared the benches in the ninth inning Saturday night.

The Padres reclaimed the lead when Cronenworth scored again in the top of the fourth after grounding a double down the right field line, going to third on a groundout to the right side by Jose Iglesias and sliding in ahead of the throw home on a safety squeeze executed by Johnson.

Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras hit three-run homers to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting San Diego Padres 9-7 Thursday.

The Padres win a wild one against the 1st-place Mets, the Twins walk it off, Ronald Acuña destroys a baseball and more from Monday's MLB action.