Today at 3:45 p.m. ET, the St. Louis Cardinals (45-40) and San Francisco Giants (47-37) take the field at AT&T Park in San Francisco for the rubber match of their three-game set. The game can be live streamed for free here. St. Louis fans can hear all of the action on KMOX 1120 while San Francisco fans can do the same on KNBR 680.
St. Louis hopes to close out a 10-game road trip it is 4-5 on with a victory while San Francisco seeks a win to close out a 10-game homestand it is currently 2-7 on. The Giants were triumphant in Game 1 Tuesday with a 5-0 victory while the Cardinals bounced back Wednesday in Game 2, blanking the Giants 2-0.
St. Louis enters play in second place in the National League Central, 5.5 games behind the first place Milwaukee Brewers while San Francisco sits atop the NL West.
Carlos Martinez (1-3, 4.13 ERA) toes the rubber for St. Louis while San Francisco counters with Madison Bumgarner, who is 9-5 with a 2.90 ERA. Bumgarner's nine wins are tied for fourth in the National League and his 114 strikeouts put him in sole possession of fourth place.
The Cardinals will look to get their offense going as their two runs on Wednesday broke a 24-inning scoreless streak during a stretch where the team has faced some tough opposing pitchers.
"I think we've been very aware of it," Cards manager Mike Matheny said per MLB.com. "It's kind of a two-edged sword giving too much credit, because we can beat guys like that when they're at their best. We can. We had [Tim] Lincecum up against the ropes [Tuesday night] and couldn't make it happen."
Giants outfielder Michael Morse leads the team with 13 homers and 44 RBI, but his power has been down and he hasn't homered at home since May 15 and hasn't hit a long ball overall since June 5.
"It just zaps you," Bochy told MLB.com about the power outage.
St. Louis first baseman Matt Adams is third in the NL with a .319 average and has nine homers and 33 RBI this season. Third baseman Matt Carpenter is hitting .520 in his career against the Giants.
San Francisco outfielder Hunter Pence is hitting a team-best .295 with 11 homers and 31 RBI, and he ranks third in the NL with 60 runs scored and fourth with 99 hits. Shortstop Brandon Crawford is second in the NL with eight triples this season.
The Cardinals and Giants each look for a win in the rubber match of their three-game set when they take the field this afternoon at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
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