The Cardinals will look to salvage a series split with the Pittsburgh Pirates after crumbling in the extra innings of yesterday's game. To protect from a series loss, the Cardinals look to their opening-day starter, Miles Mikolas, to try and break out of his funk to deliver them a victory. Mikolas has allowed more hits to opponents than any other starter in major league baseball thus far.
Lars Nootbaar will start in center field for the second straight day as he returns from injury. The Cardinals find themselves in a roster crunch with an excess of outfielders that manager Oliver Marmol describes as deserving of playing every day.