{"id":678967,"date":"2026-04-19T08:39:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678967\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:39:46","slug":"astros-bring-home-losing-streak-into-matchup-with-the-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678967\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros bring home losing streak into matchup with the Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> (12-8, third in the NL Central) vs. Houston Astros<\/a> (8-14, fifth in the AL West)<\/p>\n

Houston; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore<\/a> (0-1, 4.29 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Astros: Mike Burrows<\/a> (1-3, 6.55 ERA, 1.82 WHIP, 18 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Astros -147, Cardinals +123; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros host the St. Louis Cardinals looking to stop a three-game home slide.<\/p>\n

Houston is 8-14 overall and 7-5 in home games. Astros hitters have a collective .431 slugging percentage to lead the AL.<\/p>\n

St. Louis is 5-3 in road games and 12-8 overall. The Cardinals have a 5-3 record in games when they did not give up a home run.<\/p>\n

The matchup Sunday is the third meeting between these teams this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez<\/a> leads the Astros with nine home runs while slugging .789. Carlos Correa<\/a> is 11 for 39 with four doubles and two RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

JJ Wetherholt<\/a> has a double, three home runs and nine RBI for the Cardinals. Jordan Walker<\/a> is 13 for 42 with a double and five home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 2-8, .234 batting average, 6.77 ERA, outscored by 26 runs<\/p>\n

Cardinals: 7-3, .246 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by one run<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Astros: Nick Allen<\/a>: day-to-day (undisclosed), 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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