Games Ludwick Smash Salvage Over Damage

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Stauffer (4-5) allowed four hits and two walks while striking out six in the Padres' seventh win in eight games.

Heath Bell worked himself out of a jam in the ninth to earn his 23rd save of the year.

Kansas City struck first after Melky Cabrera doubled to left with one out in the third and came home two batters later on a Eric Hosmer liner to center field, giving the Royals a one-run advantage.

San Diego got that run back, plus more, thanks to defensive miscues by third baseman Moustakas in the bottom half of the inning. Tim Stauffer led off the inning by reaching base on a fielding error by Moustakas, and was followed by a Chris Denorfia single to put men on first and second with no outs. It looked like the Padres would leave the frame empty-handed, though, when the next two batters, Cameron Maybin and Chase Headly, hit weak pop ups, but Ryan Ludwick came through with a double down the left-field line to bring in Stauffer.

Game Notes

The right-hander has pitched in 543 career games, all in relief, and has posted a 35-30 record with eight saves and a 4.33 ERA. Vizcaino has pitched for Oakland, Milwaukee, the Chicago White Sox, Arizona, the New York Yankees, Colorado, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland, but hasn't seen any action since 2009.

Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Carpenter went the distance to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the middle contest of a three game interleague series at Camden Yards. Carpenter (3-7) gave up a run on seven hits, fanned three and walked one in his second complete game of the season and 31st of his career. He finished the game with 132 pitches -- 91 strikes -- the most he has thrown in a start since he tossed 134 back in 1998 as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Chris Jakubauskas (2-1) worked five innings in defeat for the Orioles, giving up five runs on seven hits while fanning a pair and walking three.

The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Berkman worked a walk and Rasmus followed two batters later by blasting a fastball from Jakubauskas deep into the seats in right for his eighth home run of the season.

Baltimore got a run back in the third on Markakis' RBI double. After J.J. Hardy singled, Markakis followed by driving a ball into the right-center gap to close the deficit to 4-1.

The Orioles' best chance to inch closer came when they loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the frame, but Carpenter managed to escape with no damage. He got Markakis to ground into a fielder's choice, and induced fly- outs from Adam Jones and Vladimir Guerrero.

The Cardinals are 6-5 in interleague play this season...Orioles first baseman Derrek Lee went 0-for-3 and is one hit shy of 1,900 for his career...Markakis extended his hitting streak to 18 games...Jay extended his hitting streak to five games...St. Louis is 3-5 without Albert Pujols...Schumaker hit his eighth double of the year in the fifth inning.

Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Johnson went to see famed physician Dr. James Andrews on Wednesday, and the Marlins' ace received a cortisone shot in his throwing shoulder after no structural damage was discovered. A report from MLB.com said Johnson, currently on the 60-day disabled list, will not throw for a week as he works his way back into the rotation.

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•    You should see Ryan Ludwick's wife though. Total dime who is hurting for the leg kick

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•    No sling tomorrow, one more week of rest and my shoulder should be good. No structural damage, luckily only the head of the humerus came out

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•    I'm going to rest up all weekend & watch nothing but games!

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•    Ryan Ludwick in Cincinnati today .

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•    Update: gd news, no structural damage...a micro tear in the fiber of my tendon n alotta inflammation. Rest n therapy for the next few days

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•    I love the rain... I wish we had more of it in San Diego

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•    Ja Rule Charlie Baltimore Down As Chick #Real.!

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