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St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> (11-8, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Houston Astros<\/a> (8-13, fourth in the AL West)<\/p>\n

Houston; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Andre Pallante<\/a> (1-1, 4.80 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Astros: Lance McCullers (1-0, 5.87 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Astros -128, Cardinals +108; over\/under is 9 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals are looking to prolong a three-game win streak with a victory against the Houston Astros.<\/p>\n

Houston has a 7-4 record in home games and an 8-13 record overall. The Astros have the best team on-base percentage in the AL at .353.<\/p>\n

St. Louis is 4-3 in road games and 11-8 overall. The Cardinals have a 5-0 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.<\/p>\n

The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Altuve<\/a> has six doubles, three home runs and seven RBI for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez<\/a> is 12 for 38 with three doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jordan Walker<\/a> leads the Cardinals with eight home runs while slugging .685. Ivan Herrera<\/a> is 7 for 35 with two home runs and four RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 2-8, .231 batting average, 6.63 ERA, outscored by 28 runs<\/p>\n

Cardinals: 6-4, .248 batting average, 4.85 ERA, outscored by six runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Astros: Isaac Paredes<\/a>: day-to-day (leg), Joey Loperfido<\/a>: day-to-day (quadricep), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Josh Hader<\/a>: 60-Day IL (biceps), Cody Bolton: 15-Day IL (back), Jeremy Pena<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Tatsuya Imai: 15-Day IL (arm), Jake Meyers<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronel Blanco<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Brown: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hayden Wesneski<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo<\/a>: 10-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Matt Pushard: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar<\/a>: 60-Day IL (heels)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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