Boston Red Sox (5-9, fifth in the AL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (8-6, fourth in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Sunday, 2:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello (0-1, 9.00 ERA, 2.50 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Cardinals: Andre Pallante (1-0, 1.80 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, five strikeouts)

Red Sox -127, Cardinals +107; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox play on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

St. Louis has gone 5-3 at home and 8-6 overall. The Cardinals have the 10th-ranked team batting average in the NL at .224.

Boston has a 5-9 record overall and a 2-6 record on the road. The Red Sox have a 1-2 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The teams meet Sunday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Walker has two doubles and six home runs for the Cardinals. Thomas Saggese is 9 for 33 with two doubles over the last 10 games.

Wilyer Abreu has four doubles, a triple, three home runs and nine RBI for the Red Sox. Willson Contreras is 11 for 35 with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 6-4, .207 batting average, 4.20 ERA, outscored by five runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .226 batting average, 3.93 ERA, even run differential

INJURIES: Cardinals: Masyn Winn: day-to-day (leg), Matt Pushard: 15-Day IL (knee), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

Red Sox: Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (oblique), Johan Oviedo: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (wrist), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.