Gyorko hits 2 more HRs, Cardinals beat Padres 3-2 for sweep

St. Louis Cardinals' Yadier Molina, right, is congratulated by teammate Kolten Wong after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning in the first game of a baseball doubleheader against the San Diego Padres Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals' Yadier Molina, right, is congratulated by teammate Kolten Wong after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning in the first game of a baseball doubleheader against the San Diego Padres Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jedd Gyorko homered for the fifth straight game off San Diego pitching, connecting twice with all three RBIs in a 3-2 victory that gave the St. Louis Cardinals a doubleheader sweep Wednesday night.

Gyorko, dealt by the Padres in the offseason for outfielder Jon Jay, is 13 for 21 (.619) against his old team with six homers and 10 RBIs. He has 11 homers and 27 RBIs on the year with 40 starts spread across the infield. He started at third base both games of the doubleheader.

He has four consecutive three-hit games against San Diego and four career multi-homer games, with both long balls in Game 2 off Paul Clemens (1-1).

Carlos Martinez (9-6) was dominant after a shaky first inning and a nosebleed in the second, and the Cardinals took the opener 4-2. Gyorko, Matt Holliday and Yadier Molina homered off Colin Rea (5-4).

The Cardinals, just 23-28 at home, go for a four-game sweep Thursday night with ace Adam Wainwright facing Andrew Cashner.

Ryan Schimpf homered in both games for San Diego with his sixth and seventh of the season.

All 11 runs in the twin bill scored on homers.

Jaime Garcia (7-6) allowed a run in 5 2-3 innings in the second game and Seung Hwan Oh earned his fourth save in five chances, and second of the day.

The Padres had two on and no outs in the fifth but failed to execute on a safety squeeze when Travis Jankowski tapped back to the mound, giving Garcia time to throw to the plate for a tag.

Only 11,191 fans were in the seats for the opener, rescheduled from a rainout on Tuesday night. Paid attendance was 40,184. Attendance was 41,012 for the finale.

Martinez's nosebleed halted the opener for about 12 minutes but turned out to be just a minor issue. The right-hander was even better once trainers stopped the bleeding with cotton balls and petroleum jelly.

San Diego opened with Jankowski's double and Schimpf's two-run homer but had just two more hits off Martinez. After play resumed, he retired 11 of his next 12 batters.

Aledmys Diaz had two hits and has reached safely in 23 consecutive games, longest by a rookie this season. He is 13 for 19 against San Diego with a homer and four RBIs.

Rea had been 2-0 with a 3.68 ERA in his previous four starts. He allowed four runs in six innings in his first outing in two weeks.

HOMER HAPPY

Matt Kemp's 20th of the year gave San Diego a homer in 18 consecutive games, extending a franchise record and the NL's longest streak since the Reds had an 18-game run in 2010. The Cardinals have homered in a season-best 11 straight games, totaling 23 in that time.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: C Christian Bethancourt took a foul ball off his right knee guard in the seventh of the opener but finished without issues. Derek Norris played the second game.

UP NEXT

Padres: Cashner (4-7, 5.05) has lost two of his last three starts.

Cardinals: Wainwright (9-5, 4.19) is coming off a three-hit shutout against the Marlins and has allowed one run in his last 23 innings.

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THE DAY'S FIRST GAME

Martinez shakes off nosebleed, Cardinals beat Padres