NL RECAP (ST LOUIS-SAN DIEGO) SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Fernando Tatis and Eric Davis each drove in two runs and reliever Ricky Bottalico rebounded quickly from a disastrous outing to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 victory over the San Diego Padres. Tatis hit a two-run double and Davis belted a two-run homer in a four-run sixth inning that extended the Cardinals' lead to 5-0. Tatis left the game in the bottom of the inning when he bruised his left wrist fielding a ground ball. Bottalico walked all three batters he faced in the ninth on Wednesday as the Padres rallied for a 7-6 victory. He allowed two hits in 1 2/3 innings today but recorded his third save. "Sometimes when you don't do your job it wears on you," said Bottalico. "I just went out and didn't try to do anything I couldn't do. I just wanted to get the outs and go home." Bottalico worked out of a jam in the ninth as the Padres had runners on second and third with two outs, but Tony Gwynn flied out to center. "I think they were ticked off," said St. Louis manager Tony La Russa about his bullpen. "Once in a while, they try to be too perfect. Bottalico did a real good job of keeping his delivery together. He pitched Gwynn tough and we knew we have to do that." Rookie Joe McEwing led off the sixth with a bunt single and moved to second on a base hit by Edgar Rentieria. Following a double steal, the Padres brought the infield in and Tatis doubled down the left-field line. Davis slammed a 1-1 pitch over the left-center field fence for his fourth homer. San Diego answered with four runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by Damian Jackson's two-run homer. McEwing provided the Cardinals with an insurance run in the seventh with his second homer of the season. Mark McGwire put St. Louis in front in the fourth with his 10th homer, a solo shot off starter Sterling Hitchcock. It marked the second time this season that McGwire has homered in consecutive games. The homer was the seventh by McGwire in 11 games in San Diego. "The ball always carries well in Southern California," said McGwire. "I don't know why anybody talks about numbers, it comes down to seeing the ball and getting wood on it. I don't talk about it, it happens." Kent Bottenfield (7-1) lasted 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits with four walks and six strikeouts. Bottenfield, who has won three straight starts, joins Philadelphia's Curt Schilling and Houston's Jose Lima as the only seven-game winners in the National League. Hitchcock (3-3) gave up five runs and seven hits in six innings. Gwynn was 0-for-5, marking only the seventh time all year that he has gone hitless and the fourth time he did not reach base. "I could sit here and break it down, but there is no need to," said Gwynn. "I got myself out all day long which I've been doing all series long. It's not just one pitch. I've got no excuses." McGwire went 2-for-3 and is 5-for-7 over his last two games. -=-=- 