The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of their series at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday night.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 75-54 this season and have won four of their last five games. St. Louis won Game 1 of this series by a score of 13-4 on Monday night. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.83 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .243 opponent batting average this season. The Cardinals offense has scored 638 runs with a .260 batting average and a .331 on base percentage. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .335 with 33 home runs and 105 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Dakota Hudson, who is 7-6 with a 4.23 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP over 121.1 innings pitched this season.
The Cincinnati Reds are 50-77 this season and have lost six of their last eight games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Cincinnati won two out of three games in their series against Washington. The Cincinnati pitching staff has a 5.04 ERA, a 1.42 WHIP, and a .258 opponent batting average. The Reds offense has scored 540 runs with a .240 batting average and a .308 on base percentage this year. Kyle Farmer is batting .264 with eight home runs and 58 RBI’s for the Reds this season. The projected starter for Cincinnati is Justin Dunn, who is 1-2 with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP over 19.1 innings pitched this season.
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