Texas Rangers (51-55, third in the AL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (54-51, second in the NL Central)
St. Louis; Monday, 7:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (7-4, 3.31 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 104 strikeouts); Cardinals: Andre Pallante (4-4, 3.92 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 44 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rangers -119, Cardinals +100; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers will try to end a three-game road slide when they visit the St. Louis Cardinals.
St. Louis has a 27-24 record in home games and a 54-51 record overall. The Cardinals have gone 18-10 in games when they hit at least two home runs.
Texas is 51-55 overall and 22-32 in road games. The Rangers rank ninth in the AL with 111 total home runs, averaging 1.0 per game.
Monday's game is the first meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Brendan Donovan has 22 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 48 RBI while hitting .263 for the Cardinals. Alec Burleson is 12-for-43 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.
Corey Seager leads Texas with 19 home runs while slugging .476. Josh Smith is 8-for-37 with three home runs and nine RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 4-6, .243 batting average, 5.15 ERA, outscored by 15 runs
Rangers: 5-5, .229 batting average, 4.80 ERA, outscored by nine runs
INJURIES: Cardinals: Steven Matz: 60-Day IL (back), Keynan Middleton: 60-Day IL (forearm), Nick Robertson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Riley O'Brien: 60-Day IL (forearm), Tommy Edman: 60-Day IL (wrist), Drew Rom: 60-Day IL (biceps)
Rangers: Cole Winn: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Evan Carter: 10-Day IL (lumbar), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (back), Austin Pruitt: 60-Day IL (knee), Joshua Jung: 60-Day IL (wrist), Tyler Mahle: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jacob deGrom: 60-Day IL (elbow), Carson Coleman: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
