Miles Mikolas and the St. Louis Cardinals will take the mound against Jose Butto and the New York Mets on Friday night.
The St. Louis Cardinals will head on the road and open up a three-game series on Friday night against the New York Mets at Citi Field in Queens, New York. This will be the first game this season between these two teams. The Cardinals are coming into this series with an 11-14 record overall sitting in last place in the National League Central division. They are 5.5 games back from the divisional-leading Milwaukee Brewers. they won two games of three at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier this week. They won the last game 5-1 with two RBIs from Lars Nootbaar. The Mets have the exact opposite record at 13-11 overall. They are the No. 3 team in the National League East sitting 4.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves. They lost two of three games against the San Francisco Giants in their last series but won the last game 8-2 on Wednesday. Francisco Lindor had a monster performance with two home runs and four RBIs in the win.
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Miles Mikolas will get the nod as the starting pitcher for St. Louis in this opening game. He is 1-3 this season with a 6.49 ERA on 33 hits and 20 strikeouts over 26.1 innings. He pitched 4.2 innings in his last start which ended in a 12-5 defeat from the Milwaukee Brewers. He allowed five earned runs on nine hits with three homers and five strikeouts.
New York will put Jose Butto on the mound at home tonight. The right-hander is 0-0 this season with a 1.65 ERA. He has allowed eight hits in 16.1 innings with 21 strikeouts. He pitched a 6-4 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in his last outing going 4.1 innings with two earned runs on three hits with six strikeouts.
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