The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of their series at Rogers Centre on Wednesday night.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 51-47 this season and have lost three of their last four games. St. Louis lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 10-3 on Tuesday night. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.90 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average this season. The Cardinals offense has scored 448 runs with a .251 batting average and a .321 on base percentage. Tommy Edman is batting .259 with seven home runs and 35 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Adam Wainwright, who is 6-8 with a 3.40 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP over 116.1 innings pitched this season.
The Toronto Blue Jays are 54-43 this season and have won seven games in a row. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Toronto won all three of their games against Boston. The Toronto pitching staff has a 3.93 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .249 opponent batting average. The Blue Jays offense has scored 478 runs with a .268 batting average and a .332 on base percentage this year. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .279 with 21 home runs and 62 RBI’s for the Blue Jays this season. The projected starter for Toronto is Kevin Gausman, who is 7-7 with a 3.00 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP over 99 innings pitched this season.