The San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 on Jun 17, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Jackson Merrill went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Padres.
- Griffin Canning pitched 4.1 innings for the Padres, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Alec Burleson went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Kyle Leahy pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jackson Merrill | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Sheets | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Samad Taylor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Manny Machado | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sung-Mun Song | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Canning | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Hart | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adrian Morejon | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradgley Rodriguez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaze Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Leahy | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Chris Roycroft | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous Jun 16, 2026: SD 2, STL 3 · Next Jun 19, 2026: SD 7, TEX 9
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 16, 2026: SD 2, STL 3 · Next Jun 18, 2026: STL 6, KC 14