Rockies take on the Cardinals in first of 3-game series

St. Louis Cardinals (70-71, third in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (54-86, fifth in the NL West)

Denver; Friday, 8:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Andre Pallante (0-0); Rockies: Ryan Feltner (5-9, 5.84 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 76 strikeouts)

LINE: Cardinals -137, Rockies +112; over/under is 11 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies start a three-game series at home against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

Colorado has a 54-86 record overall and a 29-39 record at home. The Rockies have a 37-68 record in games when they have given up at least one home run.

St. Louis has a 70-71 record overall and a 36-33 record in road games. The Cardinals have a 48-15 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

The matchup Friday is the fourth time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jake McCarthy has 29 doubles, eight triples and 14 home runs for the Rockies. Troy Johnston is 9 for 24 with three doubles, a home run and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

Jordan Walker leads the Cardinals with a .289 batting average, and has 32 doubles, 28 home runs, 43 walks and 99 RBIs. Ivan Herrera is 11 for 39 with three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 4-6, .260 batting average, 3.89 ERA, outscored by four runs

Cardinals: 4-6, .259 batting average, 5.74 ERA, outscored by nine runs

INJURIES: Rockies: Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Kyle Karros: 7-Day IL (concussion), Ryan Feltner: day-to-day (illness), Kyle Freeland: 15-Day IL (neck), Sean Sullivan: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (forearm), JJ Wetherholt: 10-Day IL (wrist), Blaze Jordan: 10-Day IL (ankle), Masyn Winn: 10-Day IL (thumb), Peter Strzelecki: 15-Day IL (forearm), Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (hand), Andre Pallante: 15-Day IL (elbow), Max Rajcic: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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