The Cardinals and Diamondback play the second of a three-game series on Saturday night. St. Louis (6-7) has lined up RHP Kyle Gibson (1-1, 6.23 ERA) as their starting pitcher while Arizona (6-7) will have RHP Ryne Nelson.
The ARZ offense has been hot!
They averaged 4.3 runs per game against the Rockies and through 13 games they scored 74 runs, third most in the NL. The offense was slashing .266/.346/.415 in that stretch, with 121 hits, 37 for extra bases. DBacks batters have struck out only 88 times through 13 games, fewest of any team in the game, and they had drawn 54 walks, fifth most overall. They have hit 15 home runs, with three players hitting 3 a piece. We really like the Diamondbacks here in this spot on Saturday night.