Padres hurt some more as Pujols' liner breaks pitcher Young's nose
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| Scoring Summary |
| STL | SDG |
 | 1st | A Gonzalez homered to right, B Giles scored. | 0 | 2 |
 | 3rd | R Ludwick grounded out to third, S Schumaker scored, A Miles to third, A Pujols to second. | 1 | 2 |
 | 3rd | T Glaus singled to right, A Miles and A Pujols scored, T Glaus to second advancing on throw. | 3 | 2 |
 | 4th | R Ludwick singled to right center, B Looper and S Schumaker scored, A Miles to third. | 5 | 2 |
 | 4th | T Glaus singled to left, A Miles scored, R Ludwick to second. | 6 | 2 |
 | 5th | A Gonzalez singled to right center, J Gerut scored. | 6 | 3 |
 | 6th | C Duncan doubled to left, R Ludwick scored, T Glaus to third. | 7 | 3 |
 | 6th | Y Molina singled to center, T Glaus and C Duncan scored, Y Molina to second advancing on throw. | 9 | 3 |
 | 8th | R Ankiel homered to right, C Duncan scored. | 11 | 3 |
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| Game Information |
| Stadium | Petco Park, San Diego, CA |
| Attendance | 21,011 (49.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:13 |
| Weather | 66 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jim Reynolds, First Base - Brian Runge, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom |
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It's hard to imagine things getting worse for the hapless San Diego Padres.
They did.
One day after reigning NL Cy Young winner
Jake Peavy was placed on the disabled list, pitcher
Chris Young and catcher
Josh Bard sustained injuries that knocked them out of Wednesday night's 11-3 loss to the
St. Louis Cardinals.
Fast Facts
• Leadoff hitter Skip Schumaker went 4-for-5 as the Cardinals pounded out 16 hits for the second time in three games against the Padres, taking two of three in San Diego for their fourth win their last five games overall.
• Ryan Ludwick had three RBIs, giving him 10 over his last five games.
• Rick Ankiel hit a solo home run in the eighth, the first pinch-hit HR of his career.
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Young and Bard were injured within a span of two batters in the third inning. Young had his nose broken and cut when
Albert Pujols lined a shot off his face in the third inning that sent blood streaming down the front of his jersey. Bard sprained his left ankle on a play at the plate when Pujols slid into his leg.
"When I hit it, I thought it was going over his head," Pujols said. "But it hit him right in the face. "There was blood all over the place and I began to pray about it and make sure it was all right."
The Padres (17-31) are in last place in the NL West, have lost 12 of 17 games and have the worse record in the majors. But the last 48 hours have been especially tough.
First, general manager Kevin Towers called his club "bad" on Monday night after losing 8-2 to the Cardinals. Towers threatened wholesale changes.
Peavy was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with a strained and swollen right elbow.
And now the Padres have lost Young, who had been the team's best pitcher, and Bard, their starting catcher.
"It's tough to lose two clubhouse leaders," said
Adrian Gonzalez, who drove in all three Padres' runs. "We got beat up [in the score] and we got beat up."
Padres manager Bud Black said that Bard will be placed on the disabled list. Black said that Young will be re-evaluated to determine his immediate future.
The Cardinals got three RBIs apiece from
Ryan Ludwick and
Troy Glaus as they collected a season-high 16 hits for the second straight game. St. Louis won for the fourth time in five games.
But it was the scary sight of Young taking the line drive off Pujols' bat that was on the mind of many of the Cardinals.
"If he weren't so tall, the ball would have gone into center field," St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said about the 6-foot-10 Young. "It was one of those freak things."
The ball hit by Pujols immediately knocked Young onto his backside as he put his right hand up to his face. Blood was running down his face.
"That's a scary one," Black said. "You see the amount of blood that came out of Chris' nose immediately. But he was conscious, he was talking and he had his senses about him. But it's still scary at the same time. It was a little frightening."
After a few minutes of sitting on the grass, Young walked off holding a bandage on his face with blood on the front of his jersey.
"It was a pretty tough night," Pujols said. "After that, I couldn't concentrate on my other at-bats. I kind of had flashbacks thinking about that at-bat."
Pujols' shot ricocheted to the left side of the infield for a single and loaded the bases with one out. After
Cla Meredith replaced Young, Ludwick's grounder knocked in one run and advanced the runners. Glaus then lined a single to right to score Miles to put St. Louis up 3-2.
Brian Giles' throw arrived at the plate at the same time as Pujols, who slid and caught Bard's left leg. Bard went down and stayed on the ground for a few minutes before he was helped off the field, dragging his leg.
"It's a pretty tough night to take," Giles said. "It's frustrating to lose two guys like that who are so important to our team."
Ludwick had a two-run single in the fourth when St. Louis scored three times to make it 6-2.
Gonzalez hit a two-run homer off
Braden Looper (6-3) in the first inning and added a run-scoring single in the fifth.
Skip Schumaker of the Cardinals tied his season high with four hits and reached on a walk, while pinch-hitter
Rick Ankiel hit a two-run homer, his eighth, in the eighth off
Justin Germano.
Aaron Miles had three hits and scored two runs for St. Louis.
Looper allowed three runs and eight hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked two.
Young (4-4) allowed three runs and four hits in 2 1/3 innings.
Game notes Ankiel's home run was his first as a pinch hitter. ... San Diego hitting coach
Wally Joyner was ejected by home plate umpire Jim Reynolds in the sixth inning for arguing a strike call to
Jody Gerut. ... Young had won three of his previous four starts.