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St. Louis Cardinals (64-61) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (46-81), August 26-29, 2021
Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA
TV: AT&T Sports Pittsburgh
Radio: KDKA-AM
Cardinals SB Nation Site: Viva El Birdos
The Pirates face the Cardinals for the final time in 2021, wrapping up the season series with a four-game set in Pittsburgh.
Here’s a look at what we can expect this weekend:
Projected Starters
Thursday, 7:05 p.m. EST
Miles Mikolas (0-1, 1.00 ERA) vs. Mitch Keller (4-10, 6.35 ERA)
Friday, 7:05 p.m. EST
J.A. Happ (7-6, 5.88 ERA) vs. Dillon Peters (0-1, 1.86 ERA)
Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EST
Adam Wainwright (12-7, 3.10 ERA) vs. Steven Brault (0-2, 1.93 ERA)
Sunday, 1:05 p.m. EST
TBD vs. Wil Crowe (3-7, 5.46 ERA)
Projected Lineups
Cardinals
- Tommy Edman (2B)
- Paul Goldschmidt (1B)
- Dylan Carlson (RF)
- Nolan Arenado (3B)
- Yadier Molina (C)
- Lars Nootbaar (LF)
- Paul DeJong (SS)
- Harrison Bader (CF)
- Starting Pitcher
Pirates
- Michael Chavis (2B)
- Ke’Bryan Hayes (3B)
- Bryan Reynolds (CF)
- Yoshi Tsutsugo (1B)
- Jacob Stallings (C)
- Kevin Newman (SS)
- Ben Gamel (RF)
- Anthony Alford (LF)
- Starting Pitcher
The Pirates face off against the Cardinals for the third series this month and the final time in 2021.
After two consecutive series wins, the team is looking to make it three in a row against their division rival.
The two teams are quite familiar with each other by now and it should make for a fun series this weekend.
The Cardinals are hanging on by a thread in the Wild Card race, sitting 3.5 games behind the Cincinnati Reds for the second Wild Card spot. How nice would it be for the Buccos to play spoiler?