Brendan Donovan and the St. Louis Cardinals (31-34) will host Bryan Reynolds and the Pittsburgh Pirates (32-34) at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, June 12, with a start time of 7:45 PM ET.
Ahead of St. Louis squaring off against Pittsburgh, you can find out how to watch the matchup in the piece below.
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- Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Time: 7:45 PM ET
- TV Channel: BSMW
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo
- Location: St. Louis, Missouri
- Venue: Busch Stadium
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Pitching Matchup
Cardinals: Sonny Gray
- Sonny Gray gets the start for the Cardinals, his 12th of the season. He is 7-4 with a 3.21 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 61 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last appearance on Thursday, the right-hander threw 4 2/3 innings against the Colorado Rockies, allowing three earned runs while surrendering two hits.
- In 11 games this season, the 34-year-old has an ERA of 3.21, with 12 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .207 against him.
- Gray is trying to record his fifth quality start of the year in this game.
- Gray heads into the game with 10 outings of five or more innings pitched this year.
- He has had four appearances this season in which he did not surrender an earned run.
Pirates: Bailey Falter
- Bailey Falter gets the start for the Pirates, his 13th of the season. He is 3-3 with a 3.69 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 68 1/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance was on Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, when the left-hander went four innings, surrendering five earned runs while allowing eight hits.
- The 27-year-old has a 3.69 ERA and 5.8 strikeouts per nine innings across 12 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .215 to opposing hitters.
- Falter enters the outing with six quality starts under his belt this year.
- Falter will try to record his 11th outing of five or more innings pitched this season. He's averaging 5.7 innings per appearance.
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in three of his 12 appearances this season.
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Team Comparison
| Cardinals | Pirates | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | Runs Scored (PG) | 4.1 |
| 4.6 | Runs Allowed (PG) | 4.4 |
| .235 | Batting AVG | .230 |
| .248 | Batting AVG Against | .242 |
| 62 | Home Runs | 60 |
| 71 | Home Runs Allowed | 71 |
Cardinals Offensive Leaders
- Donovan's batting average this year is .242, and he has a .316 on-base percentage and a .364 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 13.5%, and his walk rate is 7.1%. He has four homers and 27 RBI, plus 29 runs scored.
- In 2024, Nolan Arenado is batting .256, with a .689 OPS (.313 on-base, .376 slugging). He has six home runs and 30 RBI, plus 23 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 16.4%, and his walk rate is 7.5%.
- Alec Burleson's current batting average is .283, and he has nine home runs and 24 RBI, plus 20 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 13.9%, and his walk rate is 4.3%. He has a .314 on-base percentage, and a .455 slugging percentage.
- Also for the Cardinals, Masyn Winn's batting average is .305, with a .353 on-base percentage and a .431 slugging percentage. He has three homers and 23 RBI, plus 22 runs scored and eight stolen bases on 11 attempts. His strikeout rate is 18.6%, and his walk rate is 7.7%.
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Pirates Offensive Leaders
- Reynolds is batting .263/.333/.425 this year with eight home runs, 35 RBI and 25 runs, with five stolen bases on five attempts. He's striking out 19.9% of the time and walking at a 9.4% clip.
- In 238 plate appearances, Connor Joe has blasted seven bombs, knocked in 28 runs, and scored 36 times while batting .259/.336/.434. His K rate is 19.7%, and his walk rate sits at 8.8%.
- This season, Andrew McCutchen has posted a batting average of .238 with an OPS of .716 (.338 OBP; .379 SLG), while belting eight dingers with 33 runs and 20 RBI. He's drawing free passes at an 11% clip and fanning 25.7% of the time.
- At the plate, Oneil Cruz is hitting .243/.298/.429 this season with a walk rate of 7.3% and a K rate of 33.5%. In addition, he's popped nine home runs while driving in 26 runs and scoring 27 times. Plus, he's stolen five bases on six attempts.
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