Cardinals host the Red Sox on 3-game home win streak

Boston Red Sox (4-9, fifth in the AL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (8-5, third in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Ranger Suarez (0-1, 8.64 ERA, 1.92 WHIP, five strikeouts); Cardinals: Kyle Leahy (1-1, 5.40 ERA, 1.80 WHIP, five strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals will try to keep their three-game home win streak alive when they take on the Boston Red Sox.

St. Louis is 5-2 at home and 8-5 overall. Cardinals hitters have a collective .329 on-base percentage, the eighth-best percentage in the majors.

Boston has a 4-9 record overall and a 1-6 record in road games. The Red Sox are 3-1 in games when they out-hit their opponents.

Saturday's game is the second time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alec Burleson has two doubles, a home run and 10 RBIs while hitting .245 for the Cardinals. Jordan Walker is 11 for 38 with four home runs over the last 10 games.

Wilyer Abreu leads the Red Sox with three home runs while slugging .686. Ceddanne Rafaela is 9 for 28 with a double, a home run and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 6-4, .207 batting average, 3.90 ERA, outscored by one run

Red Sox: 3-7, .211 batting average, 4.71 ERA, outscored by 13 runs

INJURIES: Cardinals: Masyn Winn: day-to-day (leg), Matt Pushard: 15-Day IL (knee), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

Red Sox: Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (oblique), Johan Oviedo: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (wrist), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.