St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Live Streaming

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6:35 pm EDT Thu May 27, 2010

The San Diego Padres finished last in the majors in runs per game in 2009, and their offense has been inconsistent throughout the first two months of this season. Jerry Hairston Jr. has provided just enough this week. Despite totaling three runs in the first two games of their series with St. Louis - two on Hairston home runs - the first-place Padres will go for their first three-game sweep of the Cardinals in nearly 15 years on Thursday afternoon. Low-scoring games in this series have been no surprise considering the clubs have the NL’s two lowest ERAs. San Diego has been especially stingy at home, with its staff posting a 2.11 ERA and six shutouts while going 14-9 at Petco Park. St. Louis has managed one run in 22 innings there this week, barely avoiding a second straight 1-0 loss thanks to Ryan Ludwick’s RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday.

The Padres’ offense averaged 3.9 runs last year and has been held to two or fewer runs 16 times in 2010, but the club has still found a way to win three one-run games during its four-game winning streak. St. Louis’ offense has also been sputtering. Sluggers Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday were a combined 0 for 10 on Wednesday, and Pujols has been held without an RBI in 11 straight games. With Brad Penny on the disabled list, the Cardinals will give P.J. Walters his second major league start and first of 2010. After Penny was injured in Saturday’s 10-7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, Walters gave up two runs in four innings of relief. The right-hander had been dominant for Triple-A Memphis before he was called up, going 1-0 with an 0.48 ERA, 23 strikeouts and three walks in three starts. Walters debuted in the majors last year, posting a 9.56 ERA in eight appearances. In his lone start, he gave up three runs in four innings of the Cardinals’ 8-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs on April 17, 2009.