Let's Road Trip Brewers 2025: Trip #14 - From St. Louis to San Diego

St. Louis Cardinals - September 19-21
Busch Stadium - Capacity 44,383
2024 Attendance: 2,869,783 (Averaged 35,872, ranked 6th out of 15 NL parks, 7th overall MLB)

The Brewers traveled to St. Louis way back during Road Trip #3 in April, as a half-way stop on the way to San Francisco. This time, St. Louis again serves as a waypoint to the ocean, but the ramifications will be amplified. Under 10 games remain in the season, so the margin for error has officially gone the way of the dodo. Afterwards, the Brewers leave directly for San Diego for the last road series of the regular season.

You can see our full write-up of Busch Stadium here.

San Diego Padres – September 22-24
Petco Park: Capacity 42,000
2024 Attendance: 3,330,545 (Averaged 41,117, ranked 3rd in NL and 4th overall MLB)

In 2024, the Brewers dropped two of three to the Padres in San Diego, fighting hard before losing the first two and then salvaging the finale. One of the longest road trips on the Brewers' annual calendar is the trip to Petco Park. The Brewers have surprisingly played the Padres to a virtual standstill since it opened, going 30-33 over that span dating back to 2004. Most of their success has come in the last decade, winning six of eight series since 2017.

The Padres franchise started in 1969, and while a host of Hall of Famers have donned the jersey, none have brought home a World Series. Tony Gwynn helped lead them to National League pennants in 1984 and 1998, but even a recent spend-a-thon couldn’t bring sustained success to the club. Now, the team finds itself trying to deliver that ellusive championship after setting records for attendance. What version of the Padres will be waiting to host the Brewers in the last week of the season?

Regardless of the product on the field, Petco Park welcomes any baseball fan to experience authentic ballpark fare. Petco Park opened in 2004 in the midst of the retro-classic era of ballparks. They basically sold out during a solid yet relatively disappointing campaign last year, so that should tell you what you need to know about the quality of the stadium as a destination.

It's very accessible, and offers family and baseball fans various opportunities to connect with the game. Foodies and beer lovers will also find hospitable hosts around the ballpark. The light rail and trolley system are great ways to get to the game, “Park at the park” provides open lawn seating, and the beautiful weather make this a bucket list “must see” for any fan. As stated earlier, the Padres are surprisingly one of the hardest tickets to get in MLB, so be prepared to pay up for this series.

There you have it Brewers Fanatics. After 36,809 miles of road trips, the Brewers finally return home one more time to finish the season and to face the Cincinnati Reds. When the season ends on September 28th, where do you think all of these games and trips and memories will leave the Brewers? With more games to play, or left wondering what might have been? Only time will tell, but I hope you get a chance to experience the story somewhere in person in 2025.