The St.Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants continue their four-game series on Tuesday night in San Francisco. The two teams have both disappointed thus far this season with both under .500 to start the season. The pitching matchup on Tuesday night will feature Jake Woodward (1-2, 6.05) taking on Giants' Tristan Beck (0-0, 6.75). The opening pitch is scheduled for 9:45 PM EST.
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The Cardinals are off to a slow start in defense of their 2022 NL Central Division crown. The Cardinals have lost each of their last two series, including two of three games at Seattle this weekend. They were able to salvage a win in the series with a 7-3 win on Sunday thanks to home runs from Lars Nootbaar and Nolan Gorman.
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The Cardinals will send righty Jake Woodford to the mound for his fifth start of 2023. Woodford is 1-2 with an ERA of 6.05 while allowing 27 hits in 19.1 innings. Woodford has also given up six home runs in his five starts while walking six and striking out 12 batters. Woodford has been hit extremely hard this season with a hard hit% of 60.1%, up from his career hard hit% of just over 40%. After hitting just 5% of barrels last season, the opposition has barreled up 13% of his pitches this season.
Key Injuries: Starting pitcher Adam Wainwright is out.