The St. Louis Cardinals will face off against the Oakland Athletics in an intriguing matchup at Busch Stadium. Both teams have had lackluster seasons, with the Cardinals standing at 54-66 and the Athletics at 33-87. However, this game presents an opportunity for redemption as both teams look to turn their fortunes around.<\/p>\n
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The Cardinals will send Matthew Liberatore<\/a> to the mound as their starting pitcher. Despite a 2-4 record and a 5.72 ERA, Liberatore has shown flashes of potential and will look to showcase his skills in this game. On the offensive side, the Cardinals are led by Nolan Arenado<\/a> and Lars Nootbaar<\/a>, who boast batting averages of .289 and .282, respectively. Arenado also leads the team in home runs with 25, closely followed by Nolan Gorman<\/a> with 24.<\/p>\n The Athletics will counter with Paul Blackburn<\/a> as their starting pitcher. Blackburn holds a 2-3 record with a 4.52 ERA, and he will aim to stifle the Cardinals’ offense. With both teams struggling, it will be an interesting battle to see who can come out on top.<\/p>\n [metabet_core_game_tile query=”530545″ size=”350×300″ site_id=”lastwordonsports”]<\/p>\n The game is scheduled to take place at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. It will be broadcasted on BSMW, with first pitch at 5:45 PM Central Time.<\/p>\n St. Louis Cardinals:<\/strong> Ryan Helsley<\/a> (RP, Forearm, D60), Nolan Gorman (2B, Back, Day-to-Day), Packy Naughton<\/a> (RP, Forearm, D60), Brendan Donovan<\/a> (2B, Elbow, D10), Willson Contreras<\/a> (C, Hip, Day-to-Day), Jake Woodford<\/a> (SP, Shoulder, D15), Steven Matz<\/a> (SP, Lat, D15), Wilking Rodr\u00edguez<\/a> (RP, Shoulder, D60), Dylan Carlson<\/a> (CF, Oblique, D10)<\/p>\n Oakland Athletics:<\/strong> Angel Felipe<\/a> (RP, Elbow, D15), Richard Lovelady<\/a> (RP, Arm, D15), James Kaprielian<\/a> (SP, Shoulder, D15), Ryan Noda<\/a> (1B, Jaw, D10), Mason Miller<\/a> (SP, Elbow, D60), JJ Bleday<\/a> (CF, Knee, D10), Drew Rucinski<\/a> (SP, Illness, D60), Zach Jackson<\/a> (RP, Elbow, D60), Yacksel R\u00edos<\/a> (RP, Finger, D60), Freddy Tarnok<\/a> (SP, Calf, D15)<\/p>\n Main photo credits:<\/p>\n Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The St. Louis Cardinals will face off against the Oakland Athletics in an intriguing matchup at Busch Stadium. Both teams have had lackluster seasons, with the Cardinals standing at 54-66 and the Athletics at 33-87. However, this game presents an opportunity for redemption as both teams look to turn their fortunes around. [pickup_prop id=”34418″] Athletics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":60720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[5815,1109,3435,5478,2046,213,2015,5656,684,1478],"class_list":["post-60719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-cardinals","tag-brendan-donovan","tag-james-kaprielian","tag-jj-bleday","tag-lars-nootbaar","tag-matthew-liberatore","tag-nolan-arenado","tag-nolan-gorman","tag-paul-blackburn","tag-steven-matz","tag-willson-contreras"],"modified_by":"Troy Brock","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Injuries<\/h3>\n