Rangers try to continue win streak, take on the Cardinals

Texas Rangers (29-31, second in the AL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (31-27, second in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Tuesday, 7:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (5-6, 3.93 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 67 strikeouts); Cardinals: Dustin May (3-6, 4.57 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 51 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers -114, Cardinals -105; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers will look to keep a four-game win streak alive when they play the St. Louis Cardinals.

St. Louis is 31-27 overall and 15-15 in home games. The Cardinals are 12-7 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Texas is 29-31 overall and 14-18 on the road. The Rangers have hit 60 total home runs to rank ninth in the AL.

The teams match up Tuesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Walker leads the Cardinals with a .284 batting average, and has 11 doubles, 15 home runs, 21 walks and 43 RBIs. JJ Wetherholt is 10 for 40 with an RBI over the last 10 games.

Josh Jung has 16 doubles and seven home runs while hitting .310 for the Rangers. Joc Pederson is 8 for 33 with five home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 3-7, .221 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Rangers: 5-5, .224 batting average, 3.98 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Cardinals: Nathan Church: 10-Day IL (lower body), Ramon Urias: 10-Day IL (elbow), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

Rangers: Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Robert Garcia: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (back), Wyatt Langford: 10-Day IL (forearm), Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs), Cole Winn: 15-Day IL (arm), Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (glute), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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