SAN DIEGO - Jason Marquis combined with four relievers on a four-hitter to win his fifth straight start and Will Venable homered to lead the San Padres. Marquis (6-2) has won five consecutive starts for the first time since 2007 with the Chicago Cubs. He allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits in six innings while striking out three and walking four. With the St. Louis Cardinals leading the San Diego Padres 2-1 in the sixth inning, manager Mike Matheny had seen enough of Shelby Miller. The rookie right-hander had just walked his second batter of the inning, with two outs, on his 107th pitch. The Padres scored twice to take the lead, sticking Miller with the loss in a 4-2 defeat. "He hit some real good spots," Matheny said. "But it was one of those games where they fouled off a lot of pitches to get his pitch count up. It was too high to really get himself out of trouble late in the game." Chris Denorfia went 3 for 3 with an RBI for the Padres, who have won three straight and five of seven. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances. Venable homered into the Jack Daniels Old No. 7 Deck atop the right-field fence leading off the seventh, his seventh. It came on the second pitch from Mitchell Boggs, who just returned from a demotion to Triple-A Memphis. Miller (5-3) allowed three runs and five hits in 5 2-3 innings, struck out five and walked three. "It was more just missing my spots and them not swinging," Miller said. "When you face a good-hitting offence, its not going to be easy to throw it and have them swing at it every single time. Its something I have to realize just to get the ball around the zone." The Padres scored two runs in the sixth on three walks, one hit and a hit batter. After Miller was pulled, Denorfia greeted Fernando Salas with an RBI single. John Baker walked to load the bases and Salas hit pinch-hitter Jesus Guzman with a pitch to bring in another run. "It seems like 20 pitches every single inning, every single outing, back-to-back starts," Miller said. "Throwing so many pitches in back-to-back games is not good. It accumulates with a little bit of everything. My curveball wasnt really good tonight. Neither was my changeup. My fastball wasnt really there. Multiple things were off." Miller entered with a 1.40 ERA, tied with Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the lowest in the majors. It went up to 1.74. Two starts earlier, Miller allowed a single to start the game and then retired the next 27 batters in a 3-0 home win against Colorado. Millers scoreless streak of 14 2-3 innings ended in the first when Everth Cabrera hit a leadoff single and scored on Chase Headleys one-out single. The Cardinals tied it in the second when Headley, San Diegos Gold Glove third baseman, booted Millers bases-loaded grounder for an error, allowing Yadier Molina to score. The Cardinals added a run in the third when Carlos Beltran hit a leadoff double, advanced on Matt Hollidays single and scored on Allen Craigs double-play grounder. San Diego had a prime opportunity to score in its half when Cabrera hit a leadoff triple to right-centre. But he was stranded when Miller struck out Will Venable and Headley before Carlos Quentin popped up. NOTES: Cardinals 3B David Freese was a late scratch due to getting three stitches in the base of his right thumb after getting spiked by Milwaukees Norichika Aoki while tagging him out during a rundown Sunday. Freese was replaced by Ty Wigginton, who grew up in suburban Chula Vista. ... Marquis has a 2.27 ERA during his five-game winning streak. ... 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The competition between the two for the starting quarterback job remains tight, and coach Rex Ryan is not sure who will start the preseason opener at Detroit on Friday night. But Ryan added that both Sanchez and Smith will work with the first-team offence during the game. "Todays practice was sloppy," a disappointed Ryan said before later adding, "one guy Ill say came out to practice was Mark Sanchez. I thought he was sharp." After a lousy performance in the teams scrimmage Saturday, that included him getting booed by fans after an interception, it was a day of redemption for Sanchez. While it was hardly an eye-popping day -- he was unofficially 6 of 9 in team drills -- he appeared in command the entire session and kept the mistakes to a minimum while running the first-team offence. Sanchez had a nice drive in 11-on-11s that was capped by a 6-yard touchdown toss to Bilal Powell on a third-down play. "Calls came in quick, got in and out of the huddle, had great tempo, good pace, good mix of runs and passes, screens, everything," Sanchez said. "It was kind of the way that we want to run things, you know, in a nutshell in one drive, and that looked pretty good." Smith was far from bad, but it was the first time he made the types of mistakes he made Monday, finishing 4 of 6 and getting picked off by Antonio Allen (a tipped pass) and Nick Bellore (a forced throw in the middle of the field). "I mean, youve got to look at it in a positive manner," Smith said. "I dont see it as a setback. I see it as a learning experience. I see it as something that I can improve on." Its that approach that has his coaches and teammates feeling pretty good about the second-round pick from West Virginia. Smiths refusal to get frustrated by bad moments on the practice field has also shown a lot about his confidence in his abilities. In fact, he wouldnt even acknowledge that this was one of his tougher practices in the pros. "I wouldntt say so," he said.dddddddddddd "Down in the red zone, I think I need to do a better job of taking care of the ball. I know its 7-on-7 and you kind of want to force the emphasis and try to get the ball to the end zone, but still be mindful that were still working game reps and that drill is made for us to kind of pretend that were in the game." Which means he has to do anything other than turn the ball over in that situation -- a key focus of offensive co-ordinator Marty Mornhinweg this summer. "Thats something that I did today and that can be fixed," Smith said. "And now, Ill improve on that." While Ryan was complimentary of Sanchez, he didnt knock Smith, who still has yet to be intercepted in 11-on-11 team drills this summer -- including the scrimmage. "Its not like hes going to be Nolan Ryan," the coach said, "and pitch a shutout out there." As for the rest of the team, Ryan was not happy with his players effort after a day off from practice Sunday. There were several false start penalties, including two in a row by right tackle Austin Howard and left tackle DBrickashaw Ferguson. The defence also had its share of mistakes. "I thought the focus wasnt there," Ryan said. "I never liked the attention to detail. ... Its unacceptable." ------ NOTES: Ryan had no updates on WR Santonio Holmes, who is out with a foot injury, or RB Mike Goodson, away from the team for personal reasons. Ryan refused to rule out Holmes, currently on the physically unable to perform list, to be ready for the regular-season opener although the wide receiver still isnt close to practicing. ... CB Dee Milliner, the No. 9 overall draft pick, briefly left practice after falling on his left hand. He said he needed his ring and middle fingers taped up, but said he was fine. ... Ryan praised LB Calvin Pace, saying hes "having a monster camp." Pace was released in February in a cost-cutting move, but re-signed to a one-year deal in April. ... Ryan said the Jets might consider playing CB Kyle Wilson at safety at times. Allen and Jaiquawn Jarrett are currently competing to start opposite Dawan Landry. ... FB Tommy Bohanon, the teams seventh-round draft pick, blasted and ran over DB Isaiah Trufant on one play -- Bohanon is 6-foot-1, 247 pounds, while Trufant is generously listed as 5-8, 170. "Hes a load," Ryan said of Bohanon, whom he refers to as "Tommy Bahama." ... RB Chris Ivory (hamstring), RB-KR Joe McKnight (concussionlike symptoms) and TE Kellen Winslow (rest day) didnt practice. ' ' '