Arizona Diamondbacks (22-57, fifth in the NL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (37-41, fourth in the NL Central)
St. Louis; Monday, 8:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Jake Faria (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 5 strikeouts) Cardinals: Wade LeBlanc (0-1, 6.75 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 10 strikeouts)
LINE: Cardinals -159, Diamondbacks +140; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis and Arizona will face off on Monday.
The Cardinals are 20-18 on their home turf. St. Louis has a collective on-base percentage of .293, last in the National League. Dylan Carlson leads the team with a mark of .348.
The Diamondbacks are 10-33 on the road. Arizona's lineup has 70 home runs this season, Eduardo Escobar leads the club with 17 homers.
The Diamondbacks won the last meeting 9-2. Matt Peacock recorded his second victory and Ketel Marte went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for Arizona. Kwang Hyun Kim took his third loss for St. Louis.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler O'Neill leads the Cardinals with 15 home runs and has 35 RBIs.
Escobar leads the Diamondbacks with 17 home runs and is slugging .481.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 2-8, .183 batting average, 5.11 ERA, outscored by 25 runs
Diamondbacks: 2-8, .231 batting average, 5.38 ERA, outscored by 17 runs
INJURIES: Cardinals: Kodi Whitley: (undisclosed), Daniel Ponce de Leon: (shoulder), Miles Mikolas: (forearm), Dakota Hudson: (right elbow), Jordan Hicks: (elbow), Jack Flaherty: (side), Harrison Bader: (rib), Max Moroff: (shoulder).
Diamondbacks: Taylor Widener: (groin), Luke Weaver: (shoulder), Seth Frankoff: (forearm), Chris Devenski: (elbow), Tyler Clippard: (shoulder), Taylor Clarke: (lat), Madison Bumgarner: (shoulder), J.B. Bukauskas: (elbow), Kole Calhoun: (hamstring), Carson Kelly: (wrist).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
