Things are still dire for the Cardinals, as they possess the worst record in the National League and are 7.5 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. But the tone seems to have changed just a bit. Winners of four of five (heading into Saturday’s game) and winners of a second-consecutive series opener, St. Louis has strung together their best stretch of baseball over the last several days.
Here’s today’s lineups, with St. Louis stacking the order with right-handers yet again against a southpaw.
Cardinals:
- Tommy Edman, 2B
- Paul Goldschmidt, 1B
- Willson Contreras, DH
- Nolan Arenado, 3B
- Juan Yepez, LF
- Dylan Carlson, CF
- Paul DeJong, SS
- Lars Nootbaar, RF
- Andrew Knizner, C
Steven Matz - SP
And for the Red Sox
- Alex Verdugo, RF
- Justin Turner, 1B
- Rob Refsnyder, LF
- Rafael Devers, 3B
- Masataka Yoshia, DH
- Enrique Hernandez, SS
- Jarren Duran, CF
- Connor Wong, C
- Pablo Reyes, 2B
Chris Sale - SP
Shout out to Kenley Jansen for notching his 400th save this week, his Hall of Fame case is actually more interesting than I thought about a week ago — I didn’t realize he was approaching 400.