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First of all: Happy Mother’s Day!
Second of all: my apologies about not getting the game thread up yesterday. My excuse is that the alternator burned out in my car and I was stranded in an abounded Quiznos parking lot. But I’m back! So are the Cardinals!
The Birdos looked to take three games of this four-game set against the Padres this afternoon at 3:10 pm. Here are the lineups:
| Cardinals | Padres | ||
| Tommy Pham | 8 | Travis Jankowski | 9 |
| Harrison Bader | 9 | Eric Hosmer | 3 |
| José Martínez | 3 | Jose Pirela | 4 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 7 | Franchy Cordero | 7 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 5 | Raffy Lopez | 2 |
| Paul DeJong | 6 | Corey Spangenbeeg | 5 |
| Carson Kelly | 2 | Freddy Galvis | 6 |
| Kolten Wong | 4 | Manual Margot | 8 |
| Adam Wainwright | 1 | Clayton Richard | 1 |
Cardinals record against the Padres in 2018: 2-1
Cardinals record in the series: 2-1
Cardinals place in the NL Central: Tied for 1st
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