St. Louis Cardinals (11-8, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Houston Astros (8-13, fourth in the AL West)

Houston; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Andre Pallante (1-1, 4.80 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Astros: Lance McCullers (1-0, 5.87 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -128, Cardinals +108; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals are looking to prolong a three-game win streak with a victory against the Houston Astros.

Houston has a 7-4 record in home games and an 8-13 record overall. The Astros have the best team on-base percentage in the AL at .353.

St. Louis is 4-3 in road games and 11-8 overall. The Cardinals have a 5-0 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.

The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Altuve has six doubles, three home runs and seven RBI for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez is 12 for 38 with three doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.

Jordan Walker leads the Cardinals with eight home runs while slugging .685. Ivan Herrera is 7 for 35 with two home runs and four RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 2-8, .231 batting average, 6.63 ERA, outscored by 28 runs

Cardinals: 6-4, .248 batting average, 4.85 ERA, outscored by six runs

INJURIES: Astros: Isaac Paredes: day-to-day (leg), Joey Loperfido: day-to-day (quadricep), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Josh Hader: 60-Day IL (biceps), Cody Bolton: 15-Day IL (back), Jeremy Pena: 10-Day IL (knee), Tatsuya Imai: 15-Day IL (arm), Jake Meyers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Brown: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Matt Pushard: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

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