St. Louis at Miami

St. Louis has a losing road mark and has lost the first two at Miami, 5-4 and 15-2. They've lost seven of 11 overall and are 5-12 after a loss. The Cardinals are short on starting pitching and have to throw Steven Matz (0-7) to the mound with a 7.09 ERA on the road where batters are hitting .360 off him. The St. Louis pitching staff is 25th in ERA (4.63) with a bullpen ranked 22nd (4.46 ERA). The Cardinals are 26-37 versus righty starters and are 16-29 versus winning teams, including dropping seven of the last eight on the road to winning squads. Miami is 27-16 at home ranked 13th in team ERA and Top 10 in WHIP. Starter Bryan Hoeing has a 0.87 ERA at home. With Miami 27-11 against teams with bullpen ERAs of 4.20 or higher, back home field. Play Miami.