SD 7, STL 9 | Jul 24, 2025 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, July 24, 2025•Busch Stadium•93°F, Clear

Padres

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Sonny Gray

LOSS

Yu Darvish

SAVE

Ryan Helsley

The Cardinals defeated the Padres 9-7.

★Manny Machado3-for-5, 2 RBI

★Fernando Tatis Jr.3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Willson Contreras4 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 2: Brendan Donovan homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Jordan Walker scores. Victor Scott II scores.

Weather: 93°F, ClearWind: 7 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 11:45 PM UTCT: 2:50Att: 30,601Venue: Busch Stadium

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93.6%B

10 missed calls

+4.6% STL

+0.35 runs SD

Win Probability

STL WinSD Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SD	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	13	0
STL	1	6	0	1	0	1	0

Game 777023 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

San Diego Padres

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Fernando Tatis Jr.RF	5	2	3	1	0	1	.266/.363/.446	107.8	.460	.606
Luis Arraez1B	4	2	2	1	1	0	.288/.323/.397	100.6	.536	.501
Manny Machado3B	5	1	3	2	0	1	.289/.349/.494	108.9	.482	.574
Jackson MerrillCF	5	1	2	1	0	2	.262/.324/.408	105.8	.623	.593
Xander BogaertsSS	5	1	1	0	0	2	.267/.342/.381	100.2	.194	.307
Gavin SheetsDH	5	0	1	1	0	2	.253/.314/.424	102.9	.419	.390
Jake Cronenworth2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.236/.341/.392	88.9	.107	.103
Bryce JohnsonLF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.290/.333/.355	84.2	.234	.244
Elias DíazC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196/.268/.304	-	-	-
Bench
Martín MaldonadoC	3	0	1	0	0	0	.193/.231/.321	100.5	.313	.298
Jose IglesiasPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238/.297/.277
Totals	41	7	13	6	1	12	-	-	-	-

HR:Jr. (3rd off Gray, 0 on, 0 out); Machado (3rd off Gray, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Bogaerts; Arraez 2

TB:22

RBI:Merrill; Sheets; Machado 2; Jr.; Arraez

Team LOB:8

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brendan Donovan2B	5	2	3	3	0	0	.296/.364/.433	109.6	.635

Pitching

San Diego Padres

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Yu DarvishL	3.1	8	8	8	2	3	2	69-48	86.3	9.18
Yuki Matsui	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	26-12	88.6	4.89
Wandy Peralta	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	21-13	92.2	3.47
Jeremiah Estrada	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	92.5	2.74
Kyle Hart	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	18-10	84.6	5.29
Totals	8.0	12	9	9	5	6	3	147-92	-	-

WP:Matsui

Inherited runners-scored:Matsui 1-0; Peralta 3-0

Pitches-strikes:Darvish 69-48; Matsui 26-12; Peralta 21-13; Estrada 13-9; Hart 18-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Darvish 3-4; Matsui 1-1; Peralta 2-1; Estrada 0-2; Hart 2-0

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Sonny GrayW	5.0	11	7	6	0	5	2	84-62	86.8	4.33

Top 1 • SD

2-0

Jackson Merrill singles on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Luis Arraez scores.

EV: 77.7 mph232 ftLA: 22°

1-0

Luis Arraez doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores.

EV: 100.6 mph176 ftLA: 10°

Bot 1 • STL

2-1

Willson Contreras doubles (27) on a line drive to left fielder Bryce Johnson. Brendan Donovan scores. Willson Contreras to 3rd.

EV: 95.0 mph178 ftLA: 10°

Bot 2 • STL

2-4

Brendan Donovan homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Jordan Walker scores. Victor Scott II scores.

EV: 109.6 mph💣 385 ftLA: 22°

2-7

Willson Contreras homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson scores.

EV: 108.0 mph💣 415 ftLA: 31°

Top 3 • SD

5-7

Manny Machado homers (19) on a line drive to center field. Luis Arraez scores.

EV: 107.3 mph💣 408 ftLA: 20°

3-7

Fernando Tatis Jr. homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 103.2 mph💣 402 ftLA: 29°

Bot 4 • STL

5-8

Iván Herrera singles on a line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Victor Scott II scores.

EV: 92.3 mph209 ftLA: 14°

Top 5 • SD

7-8

Bryce Johnson reaches on a throwing error by first baseman Willson Contreras. Xander Bogaerts scores.

EV: 66.3 mph58 ftLA: 5°

6-8

Gavin Sheets grounds out, shortstop Masyn Winn to first baseman Willson Contreras. Jackson Merrill scores. Xander Bogaerts to 3rd.

EV: 70.6 mph4 ftLA: -43°

Bot 6 • STL

7-9

Iván Herrera homers (9) on a line drive to center field.

EV: 111.5 mph💣 412 ftLA: 19°

HR:Donovan (2nd off Darvish, 2 on, 2 out); Contreras (2nd off Darvish, 2 on, 2 out); Herrera (6th off Peralta, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Contreras; Burleson

TB:23

RBI:Contreras 4; Donovan 3; Herrera 2

SB:II

CS:Herrera

GIDP:Burleson

Team LOB:6

Bench
Alec BurlesonLF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.289/.340/.460	105.7	.268	.302
Sonny GrayP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Riley O'BrienP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
JoJo RomeroP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Phil MatonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan HelsleyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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