SAN DIEGO — — Willson Contreras and Brendan Donovan each hit a two-run home run, Kyle Gibson was strong in his St. Louis debut and the Cardinals won 6-2 Monday night against their former manager Mike Shildt and the San Diego Padres.
Gibson (1-0), a 36-year-old right-hander who’s with his fifth big league team, allowed two home runs, but otherwise pitched well. He allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings while striking out four and walking two.
Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (0-1, 10.38 ERA) faces Padres RHP Yu Darvish (0-0, 1.04) on Tuesday night, 7:45 with the pregame and the first pitch at 8:40 on KIRX.