The 6:40 PM EDT duel at Great American Ball Park will be streamed on MLB.TV, Reds.TV, and Cardinals.TV, where right‑hander Kyle Leahy (RHP #62) hopes his 3.38 ERA can scramble a Reds lineup that’s been hitting .226 all season. Across the rubber, left‑hander Andrew Abbott (LHP #41) carries a 4.13 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP—still a shade better than St. Louis’s 4.04 staff, but not enough to make the Reds’ bats stop looking like they’re stuck in a perpetual rain‑delay. In other words, Leahy’s trying to keep Cincinnati’s offense as jittery as a rookie on his first mound visit.
The Cardinals are already shorthanded: third‑baseman Ramon Urias and reliever Max Rajcic are both on the 60‑day IL, leaving the club to patch holes bigger than a leaky bullpen faucet. Cincinnati, meanwhile, is nursing a roster that reads like a “who’s on the bench?” quiz. Grab your crystal ball, make your pick, and join the banter on StreakChat.