At Busch Stadium on 🉐Friday, the Cleveland Guardians (89-65) open a𒁏 three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals (77-76), at 8:15 p.m. ET.
Looking to see who’s in and who’s out for the Cardinals and the Guardians? Continue scrolling to get complete injury reports for both teams.
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Cardinals vs. Guardians Game Info
Game Day: Friday, September 20, 2024
Game Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
TV Channel: BSMW
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Stadium: Busch Stadium
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Cardinals vs. Guardians Injury News Today
Cardinals’ Injuries
| Name |
Status |
Injury |
2024 Stats |
| Willson Contreras |
10 Day Injury List |
Finger |
.262 / .380 / .468, 15, 36 |
| Lance Lynn |
15 Day Injury List |
Knee |
7-4, 3.84 ERA, 8.4 K/9 |
| Keynan Middleton |
60 Day Injury List |
Forearm |
– |
| Drew Rom |
60 Day Injury List |
Biceps |
– |
Guardians’ Injuries
| Name |
Status |
Injury |
2024 Stats |
| Steven Kwan |
10 Day Injury List |
Undisclosed |
.291 / .364 / .419, 13, 43 |
| Sam Hentges |
60 Day Injury List |
Shoulder |
0-0, 3.04 ERA, 10.3 K/9 |
| Alex Cobb |
15 Day Injury List |
Finger |
2-1, 2.76 ERA, 5.5 K/9 |
| Shane Bieber |
60 Day Injury List |
Elbow |
2-0, 0 ERA, 15 K/9 |
| Trevor Stephan |
60 Day Injury List |
Elbow |
– |
| James Karinchak |
60 Day Injury List |
Shoulder |
– |
Cardinals’ Recent Hitting Insights
St. Louis has hit nine home runs over the past 10 games.
Over the last 10 games, the Cardinals are slugging .373 with 2.5 extra-base hits per outing.
Over the past 10 outings St. Louis is averaging 7.8 hits per game and batting .236.
Over the past 10 games, Brendan Donovan has a team-best batting average of .429, while pacing the Cardinals in home runs (two).
Paul Goldschmidt has nine hits over the last 10 games and a slash line of .273/.351/.424.
Guardians’ Recent Hitting Insights
Over the last 10 games, Cleveland has hit nine home runs.
Over the Guardians’ last 10 games, they’re slugging .378 with 25 extra-base hits.
Cleveland has collected 8.1 hits per game and has a batting average of .245 over its last 10 contests.
Jose Ramirez has been on a roll lately with one home run, one RBI and a batting average of .275 over the last 10 games.
Lane Thomas is slashing .256/.293/.564 over the last 10 games for the Guardians.
Cardinals’ Starting Pitcher
Kyle Gibson (8-7) will take to the mound for the Cardinals and make his 29th start of the season.
The right-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed four hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The 36-year-old has an ERA of 4.11 and 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings, with a batting average against of .250 in 28 games this season.
Over the last 10 games the Cardinals have a 2.42 ERA across their pitching staff.
Opposing hitters have jumped on St. Louis’ pitchers for five home runs during the past 10 games.
Guardians’ Starting Pitcher
The Guardians will send Ben Lively (12-9) out to make his 28th start of the season. He is 12-9 with a 3.87 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 142 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent time out on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays, the righty tossed five scoreless innings while surrendering four hits.
The 32-year-old has a 3.87 ERA and 7.1 strikeouts per nine innings in 27 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .242 to opposing batters.
Guardians pitching has an ERA of 1.76 over the last 10 games.
Cleveland’s pitchers have allowed four home runs over the last 10 games.
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