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Padres vs Cardinals
1:15 PM CT - June 17, 2026
Busch Stadium - St. Louis, MO
Watch: Padres - Padres.TV/Cardinals - Cardinals.TV
Listen: Padres - KWFN 97.3, XEMO 860/Cardinals - KMOX 1120 AM,104.1 FM

The Cardinals and Padres meet for the final time in the 2026 regular season. St. Louis looks for a sweep and to extend their home winning streak of six games.

San Diego has an 18-16 record in road games and a 37-35 record overall. The Padres have the fourth-ranked team ERA in the NL at 3.89.

St. Louis has a 21-16 record in home games and a 40-31 record overall. Cardinals hitters have a collective .324 on-base percentage, the fifth-ranked percentage in the NL.

It is another day game, and the Cardinals have not done well under the sun with a record of 13-18 but they are 6-3 against Western Division teams and 4-2 against the Padres. The Padres are 17-12 in day games and are 8-10 vs the Central. Both teams currently reside in 2nd place of their respective divisions. The Cardinals hold the top wild card spot and the Padres are a game back.

LAST 10 GAMES

Padres: 5-5, .223 batting average, 3.54 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

Cardinals: 7-3, .275 batting average, 3.62 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs

Padres have not announced a starter as usual. So they will either be going with a bullpen game or use an opener and then have a more traditional starter handle the bulk of the innings after that. Griffin Canning might be in the Giolito role from game 1.

Don't know about y'all, but I'd like to win.

CardsofSTL wrote: ↑

June 17 26, 6:09 am

Padres have not announced a starter as usual. So they will either be going with a bullpen game or use an opener and then have a more traditional starter handle the bulk of the innings after that. Griffin Canning might be in the Giolito role from game 1.

If they need someone, I'm available. The Cardinals will not be able to hit me, but only because I throw 60mph and will require a mid-inning drink break which will disrupt their finely honed sense of timing.

The Padres are deploying an opener to try and throw us off; little do they know that we are also going to have a bullpen game with Leahy starting.

I hope we do the not losing thing again.