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Pirates and Cardinals meet, winner takes 3-game series

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Associated Press

St. Louis Cardinals (44-41, second in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (41-44, third in the NL Central)

Pittsburgh; Thursday, 12:35 p.m. EDT

Pitching Probables: Cardinals: Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.50 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Pirates: Martin Perez (1-4, 5.28 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 50 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Cardinals -119, Pirates +100; over/under is 9 runs

IN BRIEF: The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals meet Thursday and the three-game series ends in a 1-1 tie.

Pittsburgh is 20-21 at home and 41-44 overall. The Pirates have the seventh-best ERA in the National League at 3.99.

St. Louis is 20-23 in road games and 44-41 overall. The Cardinals are 31-6 in games where they have outscored their opponents.

Thursday’s game marks the sixth meeting between the two teams this season. The Cardinals lead the season series 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bryan Reynolds had 19 doubles, three triples and 13 home runs for the Pirates. Oneil Cruz had 8 hits in 36 at-bats with a double, three home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

Nolan Gorman leads St. Louis with 17 home runs and a .404 batting average. Paul Goldschmidt is 9-for-40 with two home runs and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 5-5, .223 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored by four runs

Cardinals: 6-4, .248 batting average, 3.50 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Pirates: Jared Jones: Day to day (lat), David Bednar: 15 days IL (oblique), Henry Davis: 7 days IL (head), Hunter Stratton: 15 days IL (shoulder), Ryan Borucki: 60 days IL (triceps), Quinn Priester: 15 days IL (undisclosed), Marco Gonzales: 60 days IL (forearm), Dauri Moreta: 60 days IL (elbow), Endy Rodriguez: 60 days IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60 days IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Steven Matz: 60 days IL (back), Keynan Middleton: 60 days IL (forearm), Ivan Herrera: 10 days IL (back), Lars Nootbaar: 10 days IL (oblique), Nick Robertson: 15 days IL (elbow), Riley O’Brien: 60 days IL (forearm), Tommy Edman: 60 days IL (wrist), Drew Rom: 60 days IL (biceps)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.