Cincinnati faces St. Louis, aims to build on Bauer's strong showing

Updated Sep. 11, 2020 3:20 a.m. ET

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Cincinnati Reds (19-25, fourth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (19-18, second in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Friday, 8:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cincinnati: Luis Castillo (1-5, 4.15 ERA) St. Louis: Adam Wainwright (4-0, 2.68 ERA)

LINE: Reds favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Cincinnati heads into the matchup after a dominant performance by Trevor Bauer. Bauer threw 7 2/3 innings, surrendering zero runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts against Chicago.

The Cardinals are 12-10 against NL Central opponents. St. Louis has a team on-base percentage of .341, good for third in the National League. Paul Goldschmidt leads the lineup with a mark of .459.

The Reds are 13-17 against teams from the NL Central. The Cincinnati pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 4.13. Trevor Bauer leads the team with a 1.74 earned run average.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler O'Neill leads the Cardinals with five home runs and is batting .192.

Nick Castellanos leads the Reds with 27 RBIs and is batting .232.

INJURIES: Cardinals: Ricardo Sanchez: (elbow), Miles Mikolas: (forearm), Kwang Hyun Kim: (kidney), John Brebbia: (elbow), Dexter Fowler: (stomach).

Reds: Wade Miley: (shoulder), Matt Bowman: (right elbow), Jesse Biddle: (shoulder).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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