The Padres suffered a large defeat by a score of 11-3 to the Cardinals Wednesday night. As if that was not enough, Albert Pujols managed to be on the end of two injuries sustained by Padres players.
First, Pujols hit a sharp liner back through the box that broke pitcher Chris Young’s nose. He was left with a bloodstained jersey and had to be helped off the field. Later in the inning, Pujols scored on a close play and his foot bent catcher Josh Bard’s ankle over and Bard had to leave the game with an ankle injury.
The Cardinals bats added insult to injury in the game. They rapped out 16 hits in the game. Leadoff man Skip Schumaker had a 4-5 game and scored two runs. Aaron Miles had three hits from the two spot. Troy Glaus and Chris Duncan each added two hits. Rick Ankiel had a two run pinch hit homer in the eighth inning for the Cards.
The Padres did have 10 hits, but left 17 men on base. Adrian Gonzalez led the way with two hits, including his 12th homer of the year. He had all three RBI’s for the Padres.