Cardinals play the White Sox after Donovan’s 4-hit game
St. Louis Cardinals (38-35, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (23-50, fifth in the AL Central)
Chicago; Thursday, 2:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Erick Fedde (3-6, 3.65 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 51 strikeouts); White Sox: Sean Burke (3-7, 4.71 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 54 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -141, White Sox +120; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Chicago White Sox after Brendan Donovan’s four-hit game on Tuesday.
Chicago is 16-19 in home games and 23-50 overall. The White Sox have a 14-3 record in games when they scored at least five runs.
St. Louis has a 16-21 record on the road and a 38-35 record overall. The Cardinals are 17-26 in games when they have given up a home run.
Thursday’s game is the second meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Miguel Vargas has a .242 batting average to lead the White Sox, and has 19 doubles, a triple and 10 home runs. Edgar Quero is 13 for 32 with seven RBIs over the past 10 games.
Donovan has 21 doubles and four home runs while hitting .323 for the Cardinals. Ivan Herrera is 12 for 40 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 3-7, .214 batting average, 4.64 ERA, outscored by 15 runs
Cardinals: 3-7, .253 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored by three runs
INJURIES: White Sox: Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Fraser Ellard: 60-Day IL (lat), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Jonathan Cannon: 15-Day IL (back), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Cardinals: Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.