MLB roundup: Cardinals hang on to take series opener from Padres

Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras hit three-run homers in the second inning and the St.

Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres, 9-7, on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series in St.

Louis.

Willson had with four RBIs and Donovan finished with three hits.

Ivan Herrera had three hits and two RBIs, including a solo homer in the sixth.

Sonny Gray (10-4) gave up seven runs six earned on 11 hits with five strikeouts in five innings.

Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth for his 20th save.

Fernando Tatis Jr.

and Manny Machado each had three hits for San Diego.

Tatis led off the third with a home run and Machado added a two-run shot that made it 7-5.

Contreras drove in Donovan with a two-out double off San Diego Starter Yu Darvish (0-3) in the first.

Victor Scott II drew a leadoff walk, stole second base and move to third on a groundout and scored on Ivan Herreras single to make it 8-5 in the fourth.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Orioles 4, Guardians 3 At Cleveland: Gunnar Henderson singled in Alex Jackson with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and Charlie Morton matched his longest start of the season, helping Baltimore to a win over Cleveland.

Blue Jays 11, Tigers 4 At Detroit: Ernie Clement and Joey Loperfido hit back-to back hit home runs in the fifth inning to help surging Toronto rout slumping Detroit in a matchup of first-place teams going in opposite directions.

Athletics 5, Astros 2 At Houston: Luis Severino struck out eight in seven innings and Luis Urias homered to lead the Athletics to a victory over AL West-leading Houston..

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