Cardinals play the White Sox after Donovan's 4-hit game

St. Louis Cardinals (38-35, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (23-50, fifth in the AL Central)

Chicago; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Sonny Gray (7-2, 3.84 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 85 strikeouts); White Sox: Sean Burke (3-7, 4.71 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 54 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -191, White Sox +158; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago White Sox after Brendan Donovan had four hits on Tuesday in a 12-2 win over the White Sox.

Chicago is 16-19 in home games and 23-50 overall. The White Sox have a 16-9 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.

St. Louis has a 38-35 record overall and a 16-21 record on the road. The Cardinals have a 25-10 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.

Wednesday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Miguel Vargas leads the White Sox with 30 extra base hits (19 doubles, a triple and 10 home runs). Mike Tauchman is 6 for 35 with a double, two home runs and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

Willson Contreras ranks second on the Cardinals with 24 extra base hits (15 doubles and nine home runs). Ivan Herrera is 12 for 40 with a double, two home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 3-7, .214 batting average, 4.64 ERA, outscored by 15 runs

Cardinals: 3-7, .253 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored by three runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Fraser Ellard: 60-Day IL (lat), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Jonathan Cannon: 15-Day IL (back), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat)

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