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- Updated: April 24, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Jeremy Hazelbaker and Jedd Gyorko hit three-run homers and Aledmys Diaz had five hits to power the Cardinals past the Padres, 11-2, in the second game of a three-game series at Petco Park on Saturday night.
Hazelbaker, who had been hitless in his last 17 at-bats, sent a 1-2 pitch from Carlos Villanueva into the Sun Diego Beach beyond the right-center-field fence in the seventh. Gyorko, the former Padre, tacked on in the eighth with a three-run shot of his own, also against Villanueva, into the second deck in left.
Michael Wacha pitched six innings and allowed two runs to earn the victory. Wacha gave up four hits and walked four, but did not record a strikeout.
Cesar Vargas started for San Diego and allowed one run on five hits in his Major League debut. Vargas, who was recalled from Double-A San Antonio on Friday, struck out three and walked three.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDDouble, double: Matt Kemp led off the sixth with his second double of the game, and came around to score the …
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