The St. Louis Cardinals have 24 games left in their season and nine of them are against the Pittsburgh Pirates — six of those being the final six games of the season. The Cardinals are eight games ahead of the second-place Milwaukee Brewers making their elimination number 17. The Pirates are not having a great season this year — these games against the Pirates could be a good opportunity for the Cardinals to get that elimination number closer to zero.
The Pirates will be throwing three pitchers we have discussed before — JT Brubaker, Mitch Keller, and Roansy Contreras.