Rangers vs Cardinals Picks and Prediction – 7/31/2024

The Texas Rangers conclude a three-game interleague series on the road Wednesday versus the St Louis Cardinals. Texas improved to 52-55 following its 6-3 victory over St Louis on Monday in the opening game of the series. Nathaniel Lowe had a two-run homer for the Rangers. Texas is third in the American League West, 3 ½ games behind co-leaders Houston and Seattle. Make sure you stay up to date with all the MLB action, with our MLB previews.

Josh Smith is batting .284 to lead Texas and has a team-high .382 on-base percentage, while Marcus Semien is the leader in hits with 103 and Adolis Garcia is the leader in RBI with 54. Corey Seager is the leader in home runs with 19. As a team, Texas is batting .240 with a .381 slugging percentage. On Wednesday, Texas will send Andrew Heaney to the mound. The left-hander is 4-10 with a 3.77 ERA, 105 Ks and 30 BBs.

The St Louis Cardinals dropped to 54-52 following their three-run loss to Texas on Monday. St Louis has lost four of the last five. The Cardinals are 25th in baseball in runs scored and only 19th and team ERA. St Louis is tied for second with Pittsburgh in the National League Central, seven games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.

Alex Burleson is batting .281 to lead St Louis and has a team-high 60 RBI, while Nolan Gorman is the leader in home runs with 19. Brendan Donovan is the leader in hits with 103, while Masyn Winn is the leader in on-base percentage at .329. On Wednesday, the St. Louis Cardinals will send Sonny Gray to the mound. The right-hander is 10-6 with a 3.79 ERA, 138 Ks and 27 BBs.