Flaherty expected to start for the Cardinals against the Tigers

Posted September 10, 2020 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Detroit Tigers (19-22, fourth in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (18-17, second in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Thursday, 2:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Detroit: Tarik Skubal (1-1, 4.70 ERA) St. Louis: Jack Flaherty (2-1, 2.95 ERA)

BOTTOM LINE: Jonathan Schoop and the Tigers will take on the Cardinals Thursday.

The Cardinals are 9-8 in home games. St. Louis' team on-base percentage of .336 is fifth in the majors. Paul Goldschmidt leads the club with an OBP of .461.

The Tigers are 9-11 on the road. Detroit has slugged .425 this season. Jeimer Candelario leads the team with a mark of .529.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brad Miller leads the Cardinals with 21 RBIs and is batting .282.

Jonathan Schoop leads the Tigers with eight home runs and has 22 RBIs.

INJURIES: Cardinals: Ricardo Sanchez: (elbow), Miles Mikolas: (forearm), Kwang Hyun Kim: (kidney), John Brebbia: (elbow), Dexter Fowler: (stomach).

Tigers: Ivan Nova: (right triceps), Dario Agrazal: (forearm), Troy Stokes Jr.: (undisclosed), JaCoby Jones: (left hand), Niko Goodrum: (right oblique), C.J. Cron: (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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