Yadier Molina's two-run single with the bases loaded broke an eighth-inning tie and the St. Louis Cardinals went on to an 11-7 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

Greg Maddux allowed six runs in four innings for San Diego, the shortest outing for the 42-year-old right-hander since last September. He is 0-5 in 13 starts since May 16, tying the longest victory drought of his career, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

The Cardinals got home runs from Ryan Ludwick and Rick Ankiel.

Khalil Greene and Jody Gerut homered for the Padres, with Greene's second-inning drive off Braden Looper snapping an 0-for-23 drought. San Diego has lost four straight and seven of nine.

The Cardinals loaded the bases with one out in the eighth against Heath Bell (6-4), the last an infield hit by Ankiel when Bell was late covering the bag on a grounder to the right of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Molina, the Cardinals' top hitter with runners in scoring position with a .328 average, guided a soft liner past the glove of diving second baseman Edgar Gonzalez.

Pinch-hitter Chris Duncan and Aaron Miles added two-out RBI singles in the four-run eighth for the Cardinals, who have won three straight and are 4-1 against the Padres this season. Kyle McClellan (2-4) allowed a walk in a scoreless eighth.

Ankiel tied it at 7 with his 22nd homer leading off the seventh against Joe Thatcher, driving a full-count pitch well over the right-field wall after fouling off six pitches. He has a team-leading 16 RBIs this month.

Troy Glaus had two hits and is 16-for-28 (.571) with four homers during a seven-game hitting streak, but he struck out with the bases loaded and the Cardinals trailing 7-6 to end the sixth.

Gerut's two-run homer gave the Padres a 6-3 lead in the fourth, and came on the first pitch after the St. Louis defense botched Maddux' sacrifice bunt with two throwing errors to allow the go-ahead run to score. Molina, the catcher, threw wildly to third to try to get Nick Hundley, and first baseman Albert Pujols threw wildly to second trying to get Maddux, who made it to third on a bunt that traveled about 5 feet down the third-base line. Continued...