Tonight at 8:05 p.m. ET, the St. Louis Cardinals (56-32) and Pittsburgh Pirates (52-35) close out the first half on Sunday Night Baseball live from PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
St. Louis looks for a series split as it resumes an eight-game road trip having lost four of its last six while Pittsburgh seeks a series win and its third consecutive victory as it closes out a seven-match homestand.
The Cardinals took the opener of this series 4-1 on Thursday while the Pirates won 5-2 on Friday and followed it up with a 14-inning 6-5 victory on Saturday.
This game can be live streamed for free here.
This is the final game before the All-Star break and both teams have several players going to Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
St. Louis will send Jhonny Peralta, Trevor Rosenthal, Michael Wacha, Yadier Molina, final vote winner Carlos Martinez and Matt Holliday, who won't play, to the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, will be represented by Andrew McCutchen, A.J. Burnett, Gerrit Cole and Mark Melancon to Cincinnati.
McCutchen was the hero in Saturday's game, hitting a two-run homer in the 14th inning to propel the Pirates to victory. Burnett also went yard in the game.
Matt Reynolds had two round-trippers for the Cardinals in the loss.
In the National League Central standings, St. Louis enters atop the division with baseball's best record while Pittsburgh is in second place, 3.5 games behind them.
Two NL Central rivals close out the first half of the season as the Cardinals and Pirates clash in the final MLB event before the All-Star break live tonight from PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
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