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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres

2026-05-09 · Day game · PETCO Park · Att: 41559 · 68°F, Sunny · Wind 7 mph, L To R · 2:47

San Diego Padres defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 4th — Nathan Church doubles (5) on a line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Jordan Walker scores. San Diego Padres took the lead in the 5th — Fernando Tatis Jr. singles on a fly ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Sung-Mun Song scores. Freddy Fermin scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Fernando Tatis Jr. singles on a fly ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Sung-Mun Song scores. Freddy Fermin scores — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	1
SDN	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	5

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Victor Scott DH	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Herrera DH	4	0	2	1	0	1
Alec Burleson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jordan Walker RF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nolan Gorman 3B	3	0	1	0	1	2
Masyn Winn SS	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nathan Church CF	3	0	2	1	1	0
Thomas Saggese LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Fermin PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Yohel Pozo C	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pedro Pages C	2	0	0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jackson Merrill CF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Fernando Tatis RF	4	0	1	2	0	2
Manny Machado 3B	4	1	1	1	0	2
Gavin Sheets DH	4	0	0	0	0	1
Xander Bogaerts SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ramon Laureano LF	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ty France 1B	3	1	1	1	0	1
Sung-Mun Song 2B	2	1	0	0	1	0
Freddy Fermin C	3	1	2	0	0	0