The 8:15 PM EDT showdown at Busch Stadium will be streamed on MLB.TV and Cardinals.TV, where left‑handers Anthony Kay (18) and Matthew Liberatore (32) will try to convince us their ERAs aren’t a typo. Kay’s 4.47 may look like a clerical error, but he’s the Sox’s only hope to keep the .235 average from looking like a typo itself, while Liberatore’s 5.57 hopes to be a one‑off fluke that the Cardinals can brag about as “just a bad day on the hill.”
Both clubs are nursing more than bruised egos: the Sox already lost starter Drew Thorpe to a 60‑day IL and reliever Huascar Brazoban to a 15‑day IL, while St. Louis carries its own injury baggage. Bookies have the Cards at -114 (Sox -106) with a modest 7.5‑run total, so decide which misfit you’d rather watch and jump into the banter on StreakChat.