Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Cardinals aim for sweep of DBacks' tonight (lineups)

Mike Matheny and the defending World Champion' Saint Louis Cardinals have yet to complete a sweep this season--but tonight, they will get another chance when they meet up against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third and final game of the three game series.

They currently own the National League's best record overall at 19-11 and are an impressive 11-7 on the road. The Cardinals enter with an overall stretch of 6-4 over the last ten games, including a current three-game win streak. Meanwhile, Arizona enters at 14-17, trailing the Dodgers by five-and-a-half games in the West, and are 4-6 in there last ten games.

Saint Louis will send Kyle Lohse to the pitching mound tonight, where in six starts this season, is 4-1 overall with an impressive earned-run average of 2.11 in 38 and one-third innings pitched.

On the other side of the stat sheet and dug, will be Wade Miley for Arizona. On the young season, Miley is 3-0 with an impressive earned-run average as well of 2.33.

Here is a look at the lineup that Mike Matheny has put together to try and complete a sweep of the Diamondbacks:
  1. Rafael Furcal (shortstop)
  2. Carlos Beltran (right field)
  3. Matt Holliday (left field)
  4. Allen Craig (first base)
  5. David Freese (third base)
  6. Tyler Greene (second base)
  7. Shane Robinson (center field)
  8. Tony Cruz (catcher)
  9. Kyle Lohse (pitcher)
Tonight's contest will begin at 8:40 pm Central Time and will be televised for Saint Louis on FOX Sports Midwest. Also, here is a free link to a live streaming of tonight's contest. Enjoy. Click here to watch!

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