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The St Louis Cardinals visit the San Diego Padres for a Wild Card Series 3 winning or home game Friday night This is the last game of this round, as seven teams have already advanced to the division round while seven others were sent home

The Cardinals won Game 1 of the series behind a first rally They rallied again at the start of Game 2 and were about to advance, but the Padres then activated their power and reversed the script, forcing a game decisive 3 The Cardinals will send Jack Flaherty to the mound on Friday He opened the season as an ace and was considered a Cy Young favorite, but has had an inconsistent season

The Padres have suffered almost all of their available throws in the first two games, to the point that manager Jayce Tinger on Thursday night said he had ‘no idea’ who would start Game 3 They reunited with career reliever Craig Stammen to start a paddock game for San Diego As such, all signs point to a slugfest, as we saw in Game 2, once the Bat des Padres has awakened Follow all the actions live below

BIG scare out there for the Padres Looked like a possible Dexter Fowler three-point homerun Does the marine layer work?

Padres break scoreless tie in RBI brace for Hosmer off Flaherty 1-0, San Diego

Stammen (1 2/3 IP), Hill (1 IP), Johnson (1/3 IP), Morejon (1 2/3) and now, Adams for the Padres

Padres signed Johnson in the last offseason for a two-year, $ 5 million contract With his short appearance tonight, he’s now been used in all three games of this series

Pierce Johnson has pitched 21 scoreless inning in this series (three games) and allowed an ER in his last 15 innings (18 games) It seems like a decent investment of $ 5 million over two years

Cards leave bases loaded in third We are still scoreless and each club has only two hits so far

No 2 pitch change for San Diego It’s right-hander Pierce Johnson at the top of the third

Flaherty comes out of a jam loaded with bases Grisham hits in search of a 95 Fast 6 mph Still 0-0 on the way to 3rd

Flaherty’s overall numbers don’t look as strong this season, but a start against the Brewers in which he gave up nine wins in three innings does a lot of work there

Stammen finished after 21 throws I have to imagine the Padres are ecstatic, he got five outs without allowing a run Of course they now have to muster (at least) 22 more outs

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