St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres

STL 2 — SD 1

Final — 2026-05-07

Game MVP: Michael King — 6.0 IP, 6 K, 1 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

WP Matthew Liberatore (2-1)

LP Bradgley Rodriguez (0-2)

SV Riley O'Brien (11)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Bogaerts singled to right, Machado scored, Tatis Jr. to third. (1-0)

Top 4: Burleson homered to right (378 feet). (1-1)

Top 7: Winn tripled to right, Walker scored. (1-2)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Matthew Liberatore	6.0	3	1	1	3	6	81-52	4.07	W, 2-1
George Soriano	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12-7	3.31
JoJo Romero	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	7-7	3.50
Riley O'Brien	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-8	2.00	S, 11

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Michael King	6.0	1	1	1	2	6	1	86-54	2.76
Bradgley Rodriguez	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	17-14	1.93	L, 0-2
Wandy Peralta	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14-4	3.18
Jason Adam	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	23-17	1.64

Venue: Petco Park, San Diego, California (44,966)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Alex Tosi, First Base Umpire: Cory Blaser, Second Base Umpire: Jansen Visconti, Third Base Umpire: Andy Fletcher

Broadcast: ESPN