Rockies and Cardinals play, winner takes 3-game series

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St. Louis Cardinals (71-72, third in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (55-87, fifth in the NL West)

Denver; Sunday, 3:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Kyle Leahy (10-4, 3.13 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 118 strikeouts); Rockies: Tanner Gordon (1-4, 5.18 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 72 strikeouts)

LINE: Cardinals -127, Rockies +104; over/under is 11 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Colorado is 55-87 overall and 30-40 at home. The Rockies have the third-ranked team batting average in the NL at .254.

St. Louis has a 37-34 record on the road and a 71-72 record overall. The Cardinals have gone 49-16 in games when they scored at least five runs.

The teams play Sunday for the sixth time this season. The Cardinals lead the season series 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jake McCarthy has 29 doubles, eight triples and 14 home runs for the Rockies. TJ Rumfield is 14 for 34 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Jordan Walker leads the Cardinals with 28 home runs while slugging .499. Thomas Saggese is 11 for 20 with three home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 4-6, .279 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

Cardinals: 5-5, .270 batting average, 5.45 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Rockies: McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Willi Castro: 10-Day IL (foot), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sean Sullivan: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Kyle Karros: 7-Day IL (concussion), Kyle Freeland: 15-Day IL (neck), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (forearm), JJ Wetherholt: 10-Day IL (wrist), Blaze Jordan: 10-Day IL (ankle), Masyn Winn: 10-Day IL (thumb), Peter Strzelecki: 15-Day IL (forearm), Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (hand), Max Rajcic: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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