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Padres, streaking Machado set for matchup against Cardinals

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June 28th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

San Diego’s Manny Machado puts 13-game hit streak on the line tonight (Friday night), against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Padres are 21-20 in home games. San Diego is slugging .430 as a unit. Hunter Renfroe leads the club with a .612 slugging percentage, including 37 extra-base hits and 24 home runs.

The Cardinals are 16-21 on the road. The St. Louis pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 4.16. Dakota Hudson leads the team with a 3.36 earned run average. This is the first meeting of the season for these two teams.

Pre-game coverage begins at 8:15-p.m. on KJAN, with the first pitch at 9:10-p.m.