The St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Jun 16, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Ty France went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Padres.
- Michael King pitched 4.1 innings for the Padres, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-2 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Andre Pallante pitched 7.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Merrill | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Samad Taylor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Machado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ty France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Sheets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Yuki Matsui | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Marinaccio | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wandy Peralta | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blaze Jordan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Pallante | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous Jun 15, 2026: SD 0, STL 3 · Next Jun 17, 2026: SD 6, STL 1
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 15, 2026: SD 0, STL 3 · Next Jun 17, 2026: SD 6, STL 1