St. Louis Cardinals (13-13, second in the NL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (15-20, fourth in the NL Central)
Cincinnati; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: St. Louis: Kwang Hyun Kim (1-0, 1.08 ERA) Cincinnati: Sonny Gray (5-1, 1.94 ERA)
LINE: Cardinals 11000; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis heads into the matchup fresh off a strong showing by Dakota Hudson. Hudson threw seven innings, surrendering one run on four hits with seven strikeouts against Cincinnati.
The Reds are 9-12 against NL Central teams. Cincinnati has hit 54 home runs this season, fourth in the league. Jesse Winker leads the club with 10, averaging one every 10.1 at-bats.
The Cardinals are 8-7 in division play. St. Louis has a team on-base percentage of .337, good for fourth in the National League. Paul Goldschmidt leads the lineup with a mark of .486.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nick Castellanos leads the Reds with 19 extra base hits and is batting .254.
Dexter Fowler leads the Cardinals with four home runs home runs and is slugging .492.
INJURIES: Reds: Wade Miley: (shoulder), Matt Bowman: (right elbow), Jesse Biddle: (shoulder).
Cardinals: Ricardo Sanchez: (elbow), Andrew Miller: (left shoulder), Miles Mikolas: (forearm), Genesis Cabrera: (finger), John Brebbia: (elbow), Matt Wieters: (toe).
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