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San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals

2026-06-16 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 29604 · 77°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, Out To RF · 2:43

St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Diego Padres 3–2. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Blaze Jordan doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Gavin Sheets. Lars Nootbaar scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Jackson Merrill doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Nathan Church. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores — worth 13% in win probability.

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Line score

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

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Tatis 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jackson Merrill CF	4	0	1	1	0	1
Manny Machado 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jase Bowen PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xander Bogaerts SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gavin Sheets LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Samad Taylor RF	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ty France 1B	3	0	1	1	0	0
Will Wagner DH	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rodolfo Durán C	3	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	4	0	3	0	1	0
Ivan Herrera C	3	1	0	0	0	0
Alec Burleson 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jordan Walker RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lars Nootbaar LF	2	1	1	1	1	1
Masyn Winn SS	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmy Crooks DH	3	0	0	0	1	1
Blaze Jordan 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0
Nathan Church CF	3	0	1	1	1	0