St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Picks & Odds

MLB - FINAL

Petco Park, San Diego

St. Louis Cardinals logo
FINAL
San Diego Padres logo
St. Louis Cardinals
2
San Diego Padres
1

Best Odds

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres Picks and Predictions: May 7, 2026

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres Picks and Predictions: May 7, 2026 - Nate Hornung

Consensus Picks

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FINAL

Projected Winner

San Diego Padresto win
Confidence54.62%(Slight edge)
Rating edgeClear edge
St. Louis Cardinals logo

St. Louis Cardinals

Starting Pitcher

Matthew Liberatore

45.4%

BN Fair Odds

+120

Moneyline Edge

★ +50

Predicted Score

4

Spread Fair Odds

(+1.5)

-151

Spread Edge

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San Diego Padres

Starting Pitcher

Michael King

54.6%

BN Fair Odds

-120

Moneyline Edge

—

Predicted Score

5

Spread Fair Odds

(-1.5)

+151

Spread Edge

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Team Ratings

STL (Away)vsSD (Home)

Weak19

Pitcher

Above Avg59
Average47

Bullpen

Average54
Above Avg62

Defense

Strong76
Average52

Offense

Below Avg35
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

STL

STL

SD

SD

22 - 14(6th)

12 - 4

Wins

Away/Home

(7th)22 - 15

11 - 9

23 - 13 - 0(4th)

12 - 4 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(6th)22 - 15 - 0

12 - 8 - 0

19 - 13 - 4(16th)

8 - 6 - 2

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(23rd)18 - 13 - 6

10 - 5 - 5

Batting Stats

STL

STL

SD

SD
4.44
Runs / Game
4.46
0.620
Stolen Bases / Game
1.010
1.030
Home Runs / Game
1.130
0.239
Batting Average
0.244
0.690
On Base %
0.717
0.378
Slugging %
0.398
1.070
OBPS
1.120

Fielding Stats

STL

STL

SD

SD
0.49
Errors / Game
0.40
0.987
Fielding %
0.989

Pitching Stats

STL

STL

SD

SD
0.254
Batting Average Against
0.242
0.398
Slugging % Against
0.392
0.976
On Base % Against
0.983
0.233
Strike Out %
0.244
0.625
Strike %
0.635
0.375
Ball %
0.365

Last 5 Games

STLSTL

Result

ATS

Total

@ SD

W2 - 1

W0

-

vs MIL

L6 - 2

L+1.5

P8

vs MIL

W3 - 6

W+1.5

P9

vs LAD

L4 - 1

L+1.5

9

vs LAD

W2 - 3

W+1.5

8

SDSD

Result

ATS

Total

vs STL

L2 - 1

L0

-

@ SF

W5 - 1

W-1.5

8

@ SF

W10 - 5

W-1.5

8

@ SF

L2 - 3

L0

-

vs CWS

W3 - 4

W0

P7

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