Game Preview 4/30: Cardinals vs. Reds (Game 1)

Let’s try to win this one

Oh hey day baseball. The Cardinals play two games today, the first of which is during work hours, so I imagine most of you are not going to be able to watch it. That’s okay. The Cardinals appear to be bad on the road, so it’s not the worst thing to miss a road game. I’m just accepting they are bad on the road, even though the sample is bad, because it’ll be easier to see losses coming.

Today is not one of those games where I think anyone would expect a win. It’s a fairly lopsided pitching matchup. Singer’s been good enough this year that he would nicely fit into the other ace level pitchers the Cardinals randomly end up beating. So there is that. Maybe the offense shows up today. And baseball has a funny way of reminding you how random it is, so maybe Mikolas actually pitches well today. Stranger things have happened.

How to watch: Fanduel Sports Midwest Extra

Where to listen: KMOX 1120AM/104.1 FM, WIJR 880 AM (spanish broadcast)

First pitch: 11:40 PM

Matchup:

STL: Miles Mikolas (5.70 ERA/3.08 FIP/5.04 xFIP)

vs.

MIL: Brady Singer (3.62 ERA/3.11 FIP/3.23 xFIP)

Player to Watch

STL – Nolan Gorman: No better time than the present for Gorman’s immense power potential to show up than in this series. He doesn’t need an easy park to hit a homer, and yet being at an easy to hit a homer park is an enticing place for a power hitter to play. So Gorman, how about today you start showing that home run power.

CIN – Gavin Lux: Okay, so I wrote the series preview about how insanely lucky Gavin Lux has been this year, and then he went out and went 3-4 with a double. Eventually, Lux will not have a near .500 BABIP, but for the next three games, that is no guarantee. He’s walking more – also striking out more – but he’s legit the same hitter he’s been for his career – he just has a .484 BABIP.