St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 1

Astros manager Joe Espada wants to return as contract expires

Recap · Oct 1

White Sox pounce early, finish sweep of Astros for first playoff series win since 2005

ESPN · Sep 30

White Sox sweep Astros for first playoff series win since 2005

ESPN · Sep 30

Joe Espada to 'move on' from Astros' reaction to fans' boos

ESPN · Sep 30

Astros' Daulton Varsho has wrist surgery, done for season

ESPN · Sep 30

Astros frustrated by boos from sparse crowd during wild-card opener

Recap · Sep 30

White Sox strike first in AL wild card, beating Astros 6-3 in Game 1

Recap · Sep 27

Misiorowski continues Cy Young Award push and Turang gets 100th RBI as Brewers beat Cardinals 6-4

Injuries and inactives

Cardinals4th in NL Cent

• Masyn Winn SS

  Thumb, Soreness, left
  Out
• Richard Fitts SP

  Lat, Surgery, right
  Day-To-Day
• Blaze Jordan 3B

  Ankle, Sprain, left
  10-Day-IL
• Everson Pereira RF

  Hand, Bruise, left
  10-Day-IL
• Joshua Baez LF

  Oblique, Strain, left
  10-Day-IL

Astros1st in AL West

• Brice Matthews CF

  Knee, Inflammation, left
  Out
• Cristian Javier SP

  Groin, Strain, right
  Out
• Daulton Varsho CF

  Wrist, Surgery, left
  Out
• Enyel De Los Santos RP

  Knee, Tendinitis, right
  Out
• Mike Burrows SP

  Elbow, Inflammation, right
  60-Day-IL

Lineups

Cardinals4th in NL Cent

Lineup

1. 1Dylan CarlsonCF
2. 2Andrew KniznerC
3. 3Matt KoperniakDH
4. 4Luken Baker1B
5. 5Oscar MercadoLF
6. 6Scott HurstRF
7. 7Kramer Robertson3B
8. 8Juniel Querecuto2B
9. 9Jeremy RivasSS

Astros1st in AL West

Lineup

1. 1Jeremy PenaSS
2. 2Jake MeyersLF
3. 3Kyle TuckerRF
4. 4Alex Bregman3B
5. 5Jose Abreu1B
6. 6Yainer DiazDH
7. 7Chas McCormickCF
8. 8Korey LeeC
9. 9Mauricio Dubon2B

Head to head

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Game info

Venue

CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, Florida · Attendance 3,448

Officials

Reed Basner (Home Plate Umpire), Ron Kulpa (First Base Umpire), John Tumpane (Second Base Umpire), Ben Phillips (Third Base Umpire)