The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Colorado Rockies in Game 1 of their series at Coors Field on Tuesday night.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 60-48 this season and have won seven games in a row. St. Louis is coming off of a series win against the Yankees, where they won all three games played in the series. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.79 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .243 opponent batting average this season. The Cardinals offense has scored 505 runs with a .252 batting average and a .323 on base percentage. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .332 with 26 home runs and 84 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Miles Mikolas, who is 8-8 with a 2.92 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP over 138.2 innings pitched this season.
The Colorado Rockies are 48-63 this season and have lost seven of their last nine games. Colorado is coming off of a series loss against Arizona, where they lost two out of the three games played in the series. The Colorado pitching staff has a 4.96 ERA, a 1.46 WHIP, and a .276 opponent batting average. The Rockies offense has scored 494 runs with a .262 batting average and a .324 on base percentage this year. C.J. Cron is batting .278 with 22 home runs and 74 RBI’s for the Rockies this season. The projected starter for Colorado is Ryan Feltner, who is 1-3 with a 5.75 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP over 40.2 innings pitched this season.
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