| St. Louis Cardinals (4-5) vs. Pittsburgh 
				Pirates (3-7)
 Pittsburgh; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT
 
 PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore (0-0, 4.50 
				ERA, 1.00 WHIP, four strikeouts); Pirates: Carmen Mlodzinski 
				(0-1, 9.82 ERA, 2.46 WHIP, four strikeouts)
 
 BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -127, Pirates +107; over/under 
				is 8 1/2 runs
 
 BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates host the St. Louis Cardinals 
				to start a three-game series.
 
 Pittsburgh had a 76-86 record overall and a 39-42 record in home 
				games last season. The Pirates batted .234 as a team in the 2024 
				season with a .672 OPS.
 
 St. Louis had an 83-79 record overall and a 39-42 record in road 
				games last season. The Cardinals averaged 8.4 hits per game last 
				season while batting a collective .248 and slugging .392.
 
 INJURIES: Pirates: Jared Triolo: day-to-day (back), Nick Yorke: 
				7-Day IL (neck), Colin Holderman: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Jared 
				Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Gonzales: 10-Day IL (ankle), 
				Spencer Horwitz: 10-Day IL (wrist), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL 
				(elbow), Dauri Moreta: 60-Day IL (elbow)
 
 Cardinals: Ivan Herrera: day-to-day (foot), Nolan Gorman: 10-Day 
				IL (hamstring), Zack Thompson: 15-Day IL (lat)
 
				
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