‹ Strikeouts · Saturday, May 9, 2026
STL @ SD Strikeouts matchups · Saturday, May 9, 2026
STL
St. Louis Cardinals
2–4
Final
SD
San Diego Padres
◆ Petco ParkElevation 23 ftCenter Field 396 ft☀ 68°F SunnyWind 7 mph, L To R
Dustin May · RHP
Pitcher Strikeout Rate17.6% K/BF
vs LHB17.6%
vs RHB20.3%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)14.7%
How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.
Workload22.9 BF
Expected batters faced22.9
From recent starts6
How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.
Projection4.4 K
Expected strikeouts — each lineup spot's strikeout probability (his rate × the hitter's rate, combined via log5) summed across his projected plate appearances.
SD lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA
1Jackson Merrill (L)21.8%3.0 PA
2Fernando Tatis Jr. (R)21.4%3.0 PA
3Manny Machado (R)22.6%3.0 PA
4Gavin Sheets (L)21.6%3.0 PA
5Xander Bogaerts (R)22.0%2.9 PA
6Ramón Laureano (R)27.8%2.0 PA
7Ty France (R)16.2%2.0 PA
8Sung-Mun Song (L)23.7%2.0 PA
9Freddy Fermin (R)20.2%2.0 PA
Randy Vásquez · RHP
Pitcher Strikeout Rate19.2% K/BF
vs LHB20.1%
vs RHB19.3%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)9.8%
How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.
Workload23.0 BF
Expected batters faced23.0
From recent starts7
How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.
Projection4.7 K
Expected strikeouts — each lineup spot's strikeout probability (his rate × the hitter's rate, combined via log5) summed across his projected plate appearances.
STL lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA
1JJ Wetherholt (L)18.2%3.0 PA
2Victor Scott II (L)25.6%3.0 PA
3Alec Burleson (L)18.6%3.0 PA
4Jordan Walker (R)25.9%3.0 PA
5Nolan Gorman (L)28.8%3.0 PA
6Masyn Winn (R)21.1%2.0 PA
7Nathan Church (L)21.9%2.0 PA
8Thomas Saggese (R)26.5%2.0 PA
9Yohel Pozo (R)18.2%2.0 PA