The St. Louis Cardinals and San Deigo Padres face off for three games this weekend in what will be a pivotal series for both teams. The Cardinals are 0.5 games ahead of the Padres in the race for the second Wild Card going into this series. In their last meeting the Cardinals were swept. If the Cardinals want to have the best chance to make the playoffs history certainly cannot repeat itself.
The Offense
When the Cardinals and Padres squared off earlier this season the Padres were dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that had Fernando Tatis Jr.