Pittsburgh Pirates (8-6, third in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (6-8, fourth in the NL Central)
St. Louis; Saturday, 2:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Roansy Contreras (0-0); Cardinals: Steven Matz (0-0)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cardinals -199, Pirates +168; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
St. Louis has a 6-8 record overall and a 3-5 record at home. The Cardinals have a 0-1 record in games decided by one run.
Pittsburgh has gone 5-3 in road games and 8-6 overall. The Pirates have gone 5-0 in games when they hit at least two home runs.
The teams play Saturday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS:
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 4-6, .000 batting average, 4.03 ERA, outscored by eight runs
Pirates: 6-4, .000 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscored by three runs
INJURIES: Cardinals: Packy Naughton: 15-Day IL (left forearm), Lars Nootbaar: 10-Day IL (thumb), Paul DeJong: 10-Day IL (back), Wilking Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Adam Wainwright: 15-Day IL (groin)
Pirates: Chase De Jong: 15-Day IL (knee), Oneil Cruz: 60-Day IL (ankle), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jarlin Garcia: 60-Day IL (arm), Max Kranick: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
