Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals play in game 2 of series
Atlanta Braves (3-1) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (2-2)
St. Louis; Tuesday, 7:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Dylan Dodd (0-0); Cardinals: Steven Matz (0-0)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cardinals -137, Braves +116; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves meet the St. Louis Cardinals leading the series 1-0.
St. Louis went 93-69 overall and 53-28 at home last season. The Cardinals averaged 8.5 hits per game last season while batting a collective .252 and slugging .420.
Atlanta had a 101-61 record overall and a 46-35 record in road games last season. The Braves averaged 3.4 extra base hits per game, including 1.5 home runs.
INJURIES: Cardinals: Lars Nootbaar: 10-Day IL (thumb), Paul DeJong: 10-Day IL (back), Wilking Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Adam Wainwright: 15-Day IL (groin)
Braves: Max Fried: day-to-day (hamstring), Huascar Ynoa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kolby Allard: 60-Day IL (oblique), Tyler Matzek: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Raisel Iglesias: 15-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.