The St. Louis Cardinals are headed to Pittsburgh to play another series against the Pirates. In the previous series these two teams played the Cardinals took two of four, but would go on to drop the next six series they play. They head into this series a more revitalized team while Pittsburgh has fallen off just a bit — after going 19-9 in April they went 8-18 in May. Let’s see if these fortunes continue this series.
In this series the Cardinals will face Roansy Contreras, Luis Ortiz, and Rich Hill. Surprisingly, the Cardinals only faced Contreras in their previous four-game matchup against the Pirates.