The St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on May 7, 2026 at Petco Park.
Final · Petco Park
Top performers
- Alec Burleson went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Xander Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Padres.
- Michael King pitched 6.0 innings for the Padres, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
San Diego Padres box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Andujar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ty France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jackson Merrill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Manny Machado | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramon Laureano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael King | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Wandy Peralta | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradgley Rodriguez | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: MIL 6, STL 2 · Next May 8, 2026: STL 6, SD 0
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: SD 5, SF 1 · Next May 8, 2026: STL 6, SD 0