Padres Paradise Series

The Padres Paradise Series[1][2][3] was a three-game Major League Baseball regular season series between the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 19 and 20, 1997.

[6][7] The Padres front office saw the series as a test run for future exhibition games in Hawaii.

[8] The Padres had played an exhibition series at Aloha Stadium in 1975 against Japan's Seibu Lions.

The three-game series began a stretch in which they lost 10 of 11 and dropped below .500 for the rest of the season.

[4] The series was composed of three Padres regular season home games relocated from San Diego.