The St. Louis Cardinals did battle with the the San Diego Padres yesterday at Busch Stadium with the Cardinals picking up the W 4 to 1. It was one heck of a game that folks with Cards baseball tickets aren’t likely to forget. Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.

Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright (2.45 ERA) got the win, while Jon Garland (3.55 ERA) took the loss for the Padres. Adam Wainwright went 8 solid innings for the Cardinals, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 3 walks and 7 strikeouts. The Padres’s starter Jon Garland went 7 innings, allowed 5 hits, one home run and 4 earned runs with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. Ernesto Frieri (1.95) also pitched for the Padres. With the win, Wainwright’s record goes to 19-11, while Garland is at 14-12. Ryan Franklin earned the save for the Cardinals, bringing his saves up to 25.

In addition to the 4 runs, the Cardinals scored 6 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Cardinals, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Padres didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Ryan Ludwick could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Padres managed one run, 6 hits and no errors.

Umpiring duties were performed by Lance Barksdale, Ed Rapuano, Tom Hallion and Ron Kulpa. There were 37,885 Cardinals ticket holders in attendance at Busch Stadium.