Nolan Gorman hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, rookie Andre Pallante got his first big league win in his 17th appearance, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 6-3 on Monday.

Paul Goldschmidt also hit two-run homer for the Cardinals.

Gorman homered on a changeup from Nick Martinez for a 2-1 lead in the third inning. He singled in the first but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. He also walked.

Pallante allowed one run and five hits over 3 1/3 innings with a career-high five strikeouts and no walks. He was the second of five pitchers in an all-bullpen game for the starting pitcher-short Cardinals.

Goldschmidt hit his 11th home run of the season, a seventh-inning drive off Steven Wilson that was his fifth in seven games. Goldschmidt has reached base safely in a career-high 35 consecutive games, the longest streak in the major leagues this season.

Goldschmidt has 32 RBIs in May, and 17 of his last 29 hits have been for extra bases (nine home runs and eight doubles).

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Game two of the series is tonight.
Paadres: LHP Blake Snell (0-2, 6.00) will be making his third start of the year.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.13) will be facing the Padres for the first time this season and 18th time in his career. Game time is 6:45 at Busch Stadium.