Orioles and Cardinals play, winner takes 3-game series

St. Louis Cardinals (31-24, second in the NL Central) vs. Baltimore Orioles (19-35, fifth in the AL East)

Baltimore; Wednesday, 6:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.51 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Orioles: Cade Povich (1-3, 4.86 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 44 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orioles -124, Cardinals +104; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Baltimore is 19-35 overall and 9-16 in home games. The Orioles have hit 60 total home runs to rank 10th in the majors.

St. Louis has a 31-24 record overall and a 12-16 record in road games. The Cardinals have the third-best team batting average in MLB play at .261.

The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cedric Mullins has nine doubles, 10 home runs and 31 RBIs while hitting .226 for the Orioles. Ryan O'Hearn is 18 for 37 with three doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Brendan Donovan has a .328 batting average to lead the Cardinals, and has 18 doubles and three home runs. Alec Burleson is 12 for 32 with two home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 4-6, .256 batting average, 5.76 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

Cardinals: 6-4, .248 batting average, 3.17 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Orioles: Adley Rutschman: day-to-day (head), Ramon Laureano: 10-Day IL (ankle), Tyler O'Neill: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Grayson Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Colton Cowser: 60-Day IL (thumb), Jordan Westburg: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Gary Sanchez: 10-Day IL (wrist), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Brendan Donovan: day-to-day (hip), 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.