Red-hot Cardinals vie for sweep of fading Padres

The streaking St. Louis Cardinals will look to improve their playoff hopes on Sunday when they bid for a sweep of the visiting San Diego Padres.

The Cardinals extended their winning streak to seven games with an 8-2 victory over the Padres on Friday and a 3-2 triumph on Saturday.

Trailing 2-1in the eighth inning on Saturday, the Cardinals rallied on a two-run homer from Tyler O'Neill. That capped an emotionally charged