The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of their series at Great American Ball Park on Saturday night.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 50-45 this season and have lost three of their last five games. St. Louis lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 9-5 on Friday night. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.81 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average this season. The Cardinals offense has scored 436 runs with a .251 batting average and a .320 on base percentage. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .331 with 21 home runs and 72 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Steven Matz, who is 3-3 with a 6.03 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP over 37.1 innings pitched this season.
The Cincinnati Reds are 35-57 this season and have also lost three of their last five games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Cincinnati lost both games against St. Louis at Busch Stadium. The Cincinnati pitching staff has a 5.30 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .257 opponent batting average. The Reds offense has scored 399 runs with a .239 batting average and a .308 on base percentage this year. Brandon Drury is batting .275 with 18 home runs and 52 RBI’s for the Reds this season. The projected starter for Cincinnati is Mike Minor, who is 1-6 with a 6.21 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP over 42 innings pitched this season.