Machado and Merrill both drive in 3 runs as Padres top Cardinals 7-4

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Machado and Merrill both drive in 3 runs as Padres top Cardinals 7-4

2024-08-27 10:59 Last Updated At：11:01

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jackson Merrill also had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday night.

Rookie starter Randy Vásquez (4-6) went six innings for the win, allowing two runs and six hits.

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St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt hits an RBI single during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jackson Merrill also had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday night.

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Luis Arraez, right, is forced out at home as St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera covers during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, right, scores past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado rounds first on his way to an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado celebrates after hitting an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson heads off the field after being removed during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) is removed by manager Oliver Marmol during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado and teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) celebrate a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

aSan Diego Padres' Bryce Johnson, left, is tagged out at home by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill, right, heads to first on a two-run single off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado is congratulated by teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado arrives home after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jackson Merrill also had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday night.

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Luis Arraez, right, is forced out at home as St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera covers during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, right, scores past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado rounds first on his way to an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado celebrates after hitting an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson heads off the field after being removed during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) is removed by manager Oliver Marmol during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado and teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) celebrate a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

aSan Diego Padres' Bryce Johnson, left, is tagged out at home by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill, right, heads to first on a two-run single off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado is congratulated by teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado arrives home after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Machado hit a two-run homer in the first and an RBI double in the fifth. He also scored three runs.

Merrill, who launched a game-ending homer Sunday against the New York Mets, delivered a two-run single in the third and an RBI single in the fifth.

The Padres are 25-8 since July 20, a .758 winning percentage. That ties them with Arizona for the best record in the majors during that span. San Diego is a game behind the Diamondbacks for the top National League wild card.

Brendan Donovan, Masyn Winn and Alec Burleson each had three hits for St. Louis.

Kyle Gibson (7-6) gave up seven runs on six hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings.

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges

2024-09-14 01:28 Last Updated At：01:30

NEW YORK (AP) — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in a U.S. drug trafficking case that accuses him of engaging in murder plots and ordering torture.

Participating in a court hearing through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambada gave yes-or-no answers to a magistrate’s standard questions about whether he understood various documents and procedures. Asked how he was feeling, Zambada said, “Fine, fine.”

His lawyers entered the not-guilty plea on his behalf.

Outside court, Zambada attorney Frank Perez said his client wasn't contemplating making a deal with the government, and the attorney expects the case to go to trial.

“It's a complex case,” he said.

Sought by U.S. law enforcement for more than two decades, Zambada has been in U.S. custody since July 25, when he landed in a private plane at an airport outside El Paso, Texas, in the company of another fugitive cartel leader, Joaquín Guzmán López, according to federal authorities.

Zambada later said in a letter that he was kidnapped in Mexico and brought to the U.S. by Guzmán López, a son of imprisoned Sinaloa co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Zambada's lawyer did not elaborate on those claims Friday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge James Cho ordered Zambada detained until trial. His lawyers did not ask for bail, and U.S. prosecutors in Brooklyn asked the judge to detain him.

“He was one of the most, if not the most, powerful narcotics kingpins in the world,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Francisco Navarro said. “He co-founded the Sinaloa cartel and sat atop the narcotics trafficking world for decades.”

Zambada sat quietly as he listened to the interpreter. Leaving court after the brief hearing, he appeared to accept some help getting out of a chair, then walked out slowly but unaided.

The 76-year-old had used a wheelchair at a court appearance in Texas last month. But Perez said after court Friday that Zambada was healthy and “in good spirits.”

Sketch artists were in the small courtroom, but other journalists could observe only through closed-circuit video because of a shortage of seats.

In court and in a letter earlier to the judge, prosecutors said Zambada presided over a vast and violent operation, with an arsenal of military-grade weapons, a private security force that was almost like an army, and a corps of “sicarios,” or hitmen, who carried out assassinations, kidnappings and torture.

His bloody tenure included ordering the murder, just months ago, of his own nephew, prosecutors said.

“A United States jail cell is the only thing that will prevent the defendant from committing further crimes,” Navarro said.

Zambada also pleaded not guilty to the charges at an earlier court appearance in Texas. His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 31.

According to authorities, Zambada and “El Chapo” Guzmán built the Sinaloa cartel from a regional syndicate into a huge manufacturer and smuggler of cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs to U.S. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has described defeating the cartel as one of the agency's top operational priorities.

Zambada has been seen as the group's strategist and dealmaker and a less flamboyant figure than Guzmán. Zambada had never been behind bars until his July arrest.

His “day of reckoning in a U.S. courtroom has arrived, and justice will follow,” Brooklyn-based U.S. Attorney Breon Peace declared in a statement Friday.

Zambada's arrest has touched off fighting in Mexico between rival factions in the Sinaloa cartel. Gunfights have killed several people. Schools in businesses in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa, have closed amid the fighting. The battles are believed to be between factions loyal to Zambada and those led by other sons of “El Chapo” Guzmán, who was convicted of drug and conspiracy charges and sentenced to life in prison in the U.S. in 2019.

It remains unclear why Guzmán López surrendered to U.S. authorities and brought Zambada with him. Guzmán López is awaiting trial on a separate drug trafficking indictment in Chicago, where he has pleaded not guilty.

Associated Press video journalist David R. Martin contributed to this report.

Machado and Merrill both drive in 3 runs as Padres top Cardinals 7-4

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Machado and Merrill both drive in 3 runs as Padres top Cardinals 7-4

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jackson Merrill also had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday night.

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Luis Arraez, right, is forced out at home as St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera covers during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, right, scores past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado rounds first on his way to an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado celebrates after hitting an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson heads off the field after being removed during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) is removed by manager Oliver Marmol during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado and teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) celebrate a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

aSan Diego Padres' Bryce Johnson, left, is tagged out at home by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill, right, heads to first on a two-run single off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado is congratulated by teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado arrives home after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jackson Merrill also had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Monday night.

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vasquez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Luis Arraez, right, is forced out at home as St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera covers during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, right, scores past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado rounds first on his way to an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado celebrates after hitting an RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson heads off the field after being removed during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) is removed by manager Oliver Marmol during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado and teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) celebrate a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

aSan Diego Padres' Bryce Johnson, left, is tagged out at home by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ivan Herrera during the eighth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill, right, heads to first on a two-run single off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (44) during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado is congratulated by teammate Jake Cronenworth (9) after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado arrives home after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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