Burleson leads Cardinals against the Pirates after 4-hit game
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Pittsburgh Pirates (57-75, fifth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (65-67, fourth in the NL Central)
St. Louis; Tuesday, 7:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Mitch Keller (5-12, 4.34 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 116 strikeouts); Cardinals: Andre Pallante (6-11, 5.17 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 92 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Pittsburgh Pirates after Alec Burleson had four hits against the Pirates on Monday.
St. Louis is 65-67 overall and 36-30 at home. The Cardinals have a 43-12 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.
Pittsburgh has gone 18-45 in road games and 57-75 overall. The Pirates have gone 30-8 in games when they scored five or more runs.
Tuesday’s game is the 11th meeting between these teams this season. The season series is tied 5-5.
TOP PERFORMERS: Burleson leads the Cardinals with a .291 batting average, and has 21 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs, 33 walks and 60 RBIs. Lars Nootbaar is 12 for 42 with three RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 4-6, .249 batting average, 5.90 ERA, outscored by 10 runs
Pirates: 6-4, .255 batting average, 2.68 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs
INJURIES: Cardinals: Brendan Donovan: 10-Day IL (groin), Victor Scott II: 10-Day IL (ankle), Nolan Arenado: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat)
Pirates: Oneil Cruz: 7-Day IL (concussion), Endy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Enmanuel Valdez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Lawrence: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tim Mayza: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jared Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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