Marlins play the Cardinals in first of 3-game series

St. Louis Cardinals (5-3) vs. Miami Marlins (4-4)

Miami; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (1-1, 3.48 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 13 strikeouts); Marlins: Jesus Luzardo (0-0, 1.80 ERA, .60 WHIP, 12 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -118, Marlins -101; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins open a three-game series at home against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.

Miami went 67-95 overall and 42-39 at home a season ago. The Marlins slugged .372 as a team last season with 2.5 extra base hits per game.

St. Louis had a 90-72 record overall and a 45-36 record in road games last season. The Cardinals pitching staff averaged 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings while giving up 4.1 runs per game in the 2021 season.

INJURIES: Marlins: Garrett Cooper: day-to-day (elbow), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (arm), Jose Devers: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Dylan Floro: 10-Day IL (rotator cuff)

Cardinals: Jack Flaherty: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Reyes: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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

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