On Tuesday, the St Louis Cardinals play the second game of a three-game series on the road against National League Central rival the Cincinnati Reds. St Louis is 66-63 following a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. St. Louis split a four-game series with the Pirates and the Cardinals are third in the NL Central 12 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.
Paul Goldschmidt is batting .285 to lead St Louis and the first baseman has team highs in hits with 141 and on-base percentage at .351. Third baseman Nolan Arenado is leading St. Louis in home runs with 26 and RBIs with 84. On Tuesday, St Louis will send Miles Mikolas to the mound. The right-hander is 0-1 with an ERA of 2.70, 11 Ks and 2 BBs.
Cincinnati is 71-61 following a 2-1 loss to the Miami Marlins on Sunday. Cincinnati lost each of the last two games of its three-game series with the Marlins after winning the opening game on Friday. Cincinnati was held to a combined two runs over the last two games of the series. The Reds are second in the NL Central 8 ½ games behind first place Milwaukee.
Nick Castellanos is batting .318 to lead Cincinnati and the right fielder has a team-high 134 hits, first baseman Joey Votto is the leader in home runs with 28 and RBIs with 83, while third baseman Jonathan India is the leader in on-base percentage at .384. On Tuesday, Cincinnati will send Sonny Gray to the mound. The right-hander is 6-6 with an ERA of 3.91, 124 Ks and 41 BBs.
