Semien leads Rangers against the Cardinals following 4-hit performance
St. Louis Cardinals (32-25, second in the NL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (28-30, third in the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Sonny Gray (5-1, 4.06 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 66 strikeouts); Rangers: Patrick Corbin (3-3, 3.75 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -128, Rangers +109; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers play the St. Louis Cardinals after Marcus Semien's four-hit game on Friday.
Texas has a 19-12 record at home and a 28-30 record overall. The Rangers have a 13-3 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.
St. Louis is 32-25 overall and 13-17 on the road. Cardinals hitters have a collective .331 on-base percentage, the sixth-best percentage in the majors.
Saturday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Jung leads the Rangers with a .283 batting average, and has seven doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 11 walks and 23 RBIs. Sam Haggerty is 10 for 40 with a home run and four RBIs over the past 10 games.
Brendan Donovan has a .333 batting average to lead the Cardinals, and has 18 doubles and four home runs. Masyn Winn is 12 for 39 with a home run and five RBIs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 3-7, .203 batting average, 2.75 ERA, outscored by three runs
Cardinals: 6-4, .255 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by three runs
INJURIES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi: day-to-day (tricep), Joc Pederson: 10-Day IL (hand), Evan Carter: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kumar Rocker: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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.
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