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St. Louis Cardinals (5-6, third in the NL
Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (4-8, fifth in the NL Central)
Pittsburgh; Wednesday, 12:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Erick Fedde (1-1, 7.00 ERA, 1.22
WHIP, three strikeouts); Pirates: Mitch Keller (1-1, 7.45 ERA,
1.86 WHIP, eight strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -117, Pirates -102; over/under
is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals play
on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1.
Pittsburgh is 4-8 overall and 2-3 in home games. The Pirates
have a 2-0 record in games when they scored five or more runs.
St. Louis has a 5-6 record overall and a 1-4 record in road
games. Cardinals hitters are batting a collective .289, the
highest team batting average in MLB play.
The matchup Wednesday is the third time these teams meet this
season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ke'Bryan Hayes has a double, a triple, a home
run and five RBI for the Pirates. Bryan Reynolds is 9-for-44
with three doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.
Brendan Donovan has three doubles and two home runs for the
Cardinals. Lars Nootbaar is 13-for-43 with a double, two home
runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 3-7, .211 batting average, 5.04 ERA,
outscored by 20 runs
Cardinals: 4-6, .287 batting average, 6.19 ERA, outscored by
three runs
INJURIES: Pirates: Jared Triolo: 10-Day IL (back), Colin
Holderman: 15-Day IL (knee), 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: 10-Day IL (foot), Zack Thompson: 60-Day
IL (lat), Nolan Gorman: 10-Day IL (hamstring)
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