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San Diego Padres<\/a> (56-49, second in the NL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> (54-52, fourth in the NL Central)<\/p>\n

St. Louis; Sunday, 2:15 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Stephen Kolek<\/a> (3-5, 4.28 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 54 strikeouts); Cardinals: Michael McGreevy<\/a> (2-1, 3.49 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

Cardinals -132, Padres +110; over\/under is 9 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals lead 2-1 in a four-game series with the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n

St. Louis has a 31-21 record at home and a 54-52 record overall. The Cardinals have gone 41-9 in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n

San Diego is 56-49 overall and 25-31 in road games. The Padres have a 37-19 record in games when they record eight or more hits.<\/p>\n

The teams meet Sunday for the fourth time this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Willson Contreras<\/a> leads the Cardinals with 14 home runs while slugging .455. Masyn Winn<\/a> is 14 for 38 with two doubles and four RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Fernando Tatis Jr<\/a>. has 16 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 44 RBI while hitting .266 for the Padres. Luis Arraez<\/a> is 13 for 40 with three doubles over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 4-6, .251 batting average, 4.66 ERA, outscored by 17 runs<\/p>\n

Padres: 4-6, .258 batting average, 2.86 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Cardinals: Nolan Gorman<\/a>: 10-Day IL (back), Lars Nootbaar<\/a>: 10-Day IL (ribs), Zack Thompson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (lat)<\/p>\n

Padres: Michael King<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jhony Brito<\/a>: 60-Day IL (forearm), Joe Musgrove<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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