San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals

55-48, 24-30 Away

Final

53-51, 30-20 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
F. Tatis Jr.RF	3-5	2	1	1	.266
L. Arraez1B	2-4	2	0	1	.288
M. Machado3B	3-5	1	1	2	.289
J. MerrillCF	2-5	1	0	1	.262
X. BogaertsSS	1-5	1	0	0	.267
G. SheetsDH	1-5	0	0	1	.253
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Sheets grounded out to third. 3rd: Sheets singled to right. 5th: Sheets grounded out to shortstop, Merrill scored, Bogaerts to third. 7th: Sheets struck out swinging. 9th: Sheets struck out swinging.
J. Cronenworth2B	0-4	0	0	0	.236
B. JohnsonLF	0-4	0	0	0	.290
M. MaldonadoC	1-3	0	0	0	.193
J. IglesiasPH	0-1	0	0	0	.238
E. DiazC	0-0	0	0	0	.196

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
Y. Darvish	3.1	8	8	2	3	69-48	9.18
Y. Matsui	1.1	1	0	2	1	26-12	4.89
W. Peralta	1.1	1	1	0	1	21-13	3.47
J. Estrada	1.0	0	0	0	1	13-9	2.74
K. Hart	1.0	2	0	1	0	18-10	5.29

According to ESPN Analytics

STL

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Busch Stadium

7:45 AM, 25 July 2025

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 30,601

Game Time:2:50

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
First Base Umpire - Clint Vondrak
Second Base Umpire - Lance Barrett
Third Base Umpire - Tom Hanahan

Donovan and Contreras hit 3-run HRs in 2nd inning, Cardinals beat Padres 9-7

— Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras hit three-run homers in the second inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 9-7 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.

Jul 25, 2026, 11:06 am - AP


SD
STL

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	13	0
1	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	-	9	12	1

Scoring Summary

		SD	STL
1st	Arraez doubled to right, Tatis Jr. scored.	1	0
1st	Merrill singled to right, Arraez scored.	2	0
1st	Contreras doubled to left, Donovan scored, Contreras to third.	2	1
2nd	Donovan homered to right (385 feet), Walker scored and Scott II scored.	2	4
2nd	Contreras homered to left center (415 feet), Herrera scored and Burleson scored.	2	7
3rd	Tatis Jr. homered to right center (402 feet).	3	7
3rd	Machado homered to center (408 feet), Arraez scored.	5	7
4th	Herrera singled to center, Scott II scored.	5	8
5th	Sheets grounded out to shortstop, Merrill scored, Bogaerts to third.	6	8
5th	Bogaerts scored on error, Johnson safe at first on throwing error by first baseman Contreras.	7	8
6th	Herrera homered to center (412 feet).	7	9

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Padres
7
Cardinals
9

Game 1

25/7

Padres
0
Cardinals
3

Game 2

26/7

Padres
3
Cardinals
1

Game 3

27/7

Padres
9
Cardinals
2

Game 4

28/7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Los Angeles	65	38	.631	-	W2
Arizona	54	49	.524	11	W3
San Diego	50	53	.485	15	L2
San Francisco	42	60	.412	22.5	L5
Colorado	41	63	.394	24.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	64	38	.627	-	W1
Chicago	57	45	.559	7	L1
Pittsburgh	53	50	.515	11.5	L1
St. Louis	52	50	.510	12	L1
Cincinnati	47	54	.465	16.5	W2

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San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals

Donovan and Contreras hit 3-run HRs in 2nd inning, Cardinals beat Padres 9-7

S. Gray10-4

Y. Darvish0-3

R. Helsley20

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