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St. Louis Cardinals 5
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Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
9/30/26 @ San Diego Padres L 1-4 MLB
9/29/26 @ San Diego Padres L 0-8 MLB
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Head to Head

STL leads series 3-2

CHC Last 5 matchups STL
  1. 3 Final 2015-09-20 @ CHC 4
  2. 5 Final 2015-09-19 @ CHC 4
  3. 8 Final 2015-09-18 @ CHC 3
  4. 3 Final 2015-09-09 @ STL 4
  5. 8 Final 2015-09-09 @ STL 5

Injuries

St. Louis Cardinals

  • Richard Fitts Out
  • Max Rajcic Out
  • Hunter Dobbins Out

Chicago Cubs

  • Ben Brown Out
  • Riley Martin Out
  • Justin Steele Out
  • Phil Maton Out
  • Shelby Miller Out

Lineups

Confirmed

STL

  1. Peter BourjosCF25
  2. Matt Carpenter3B13
  3. Matt HollidayLF7
  4. Mark Reynolds1B12
  5. Jhonny PeraltaSS27
  6. Jason HeywardRF22
  7. Yadier MolinaC4
  8. Pete Kozma2B38
  9. Lance LynnP31

Substitutes

  1. Tony CruzC17
  2. Kolten Wong2B16
  3. Matt AdamsPH18
  4. Randy ChoateP
  5. Matt BelisleP38
  6. Jon JayPH9
  7. Carlos Manuel VillanuevaP91

CHC

  1. Dexter FowlerCF25
  2. Chris CoghlanLF7
  3. Anthony Rizzo1B48
  4. Kris Bryant3B23
  5. Jorge SolerRF12
  6. Starlin CastroSS13
  7. David RossC3
  8. Jon LesterP31
  9. Addison Russell2B27

Substitutes

  1. Hector RondonP28
  2. Pedro StropP64
  3. Miguel MonteroPH14
  4. Matt SzczurLF36

MLB News

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