NL CENTRAL STANDINGS

Team	W-L	GB	Strk
Reds	18-10	-	L1
Cubs	17-11	1.0	L2
Pirates	16-12	2.0	L1
Brewers	14-13	3.5	W1
Cardinals	14-13	3.5	L4

NL CENTRAL STANDINGS

Team	W-L	GB	Strk
Reds	18-10	-	L1
Cubs	17-11	1.0	L2
Pirates	16-12	2.0	L1
Brewers	14-13	3.5	W1
Cardinals	14-13	3.5	L4

RECENT RESULTS (LAST 10)

Date	Opp	H/A	Result
Apr 26	SEA	Home	L 2-3
Apr 25	SEA	Home	L 9-11
Apr 24	SEA	Home	L 2-3
Apr 22	MIA	Away	L 1-4
Apr 21	MIA	Away	W 5-3
Apr 20	MIA	Away	L 3-5
Apr 19	HOU	Away	W 7-5 (10)
Apr 18	HOU	Away	W 7-5
Apr 17	HOU	Away	W 9-4
Apr 15	CLE	Home	W 5-3

STARTING PITCHERS

Dustin May (R) -- STL

2026 to date: 3-2, 5.84 ERA, 24.2 IP, 20 K, 5 BB, 1.54 WHIP, 18.9% K%, 4.7% BB%, 41.3% GB%. Career baseline: 21.1% K%, 9.6% BB%, 2.20 K/BB across 132.1 IP. Strikeouts down and contact up early in 2026; the road/home split (6.28 away vs 3.24 home) flags PNC as the wrong side of his ledger tonight.

Mason Montgomery (L) -- PIT

2026 to date: 1-0, 3.97 ERA, 11.1 IP, 21 K, 6 BB, 1.50 WHIP, 41.2% K%, 11.8% BB%, 38.5% GB% over 1 GS. Career baseline: 30.1% K%, 12.9% BB%, 2.33 K/BB across 46.0 IP. High-strikeout, high-walk profile -- swing-and-miss is real, but free passes are part of the package.

EXPECTED LINEUPS

Cardinals (From active roster)

13 players listed from active roster pool. Actual game lineup will be 9 from this group.

Player	Pos	Bats
Burleson	1B	L
Herrera	C	R
Wetherholt	SS	L
Walker	RF	R
Fermín	2B	R
Winn	SS	R
Church	LF	L
Gorman	2B	L
Pagés	C	R
Urías	3B	R
Saggese	2B	R
Scott	CF	L
Pozo	C	R

Handedness: 8 RHB (Herrera, Walker, Fermín, Winn, Pagés, Urías, Saggese, Pozo), 5 LHB (Burleson, Wetherholt, Church, Gorman, Scott).

Pirates (From active roster)

13 players listed from active roster pool. Actual game lineup will be 9 from this group.

Player	Pos	Bats
Cook	OF	R
Lowe	2B	L
Reynolds	RF	S
Davis	C	R
Mangum	LF	S
Bart	C	R
Griffin	SS	R
Ozuna	DH	R
Gonzales	2B	R
Yorke	2B	R
Cruz	CF	L
O'Hearn	1B	L
Horwitz	1B	L

Handedness: 7 RHB (Cook, Davis, Bart, Griffin, Ozuna, Gonzales, Yorke), 4 LHB (Lowe, Cruz, O'Hearn, Horwitz).

INJURIES & ROSTER NOTES

No Phase 2 web search performed for injuries on this run. Roster pool reflects the 26-man active list as queried by Phase 1; both teams' position-player groups are intact at the rostered level.

2A: BVP -- CARDINALS BATTERS VS OPPONENT STARTER

Player	PA	AB	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	BB	K
Pedro Pagés	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Thomas Saggese	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
Nathan Church	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Alec Burleson	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Ramon Urias	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jordan Walker	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0
Nolan Gorman	1	0	0	--	1.000	--	0	1	0

Small sample: Pedro Pagés (1 PA), Thomas Saggese (1 PA), Nathan Church (1 PA), Alec Burleson (1 PA), Ramon Urias (1 PA), Jordan Walker (1 PA), Nolan Gorman (1 PA).

Every BvP entry against Montgomery is a 1-PA snapshot -- statistically meaningless. Walker's 1-for-1 and Gorman's walk are the only non-outs in the table. Treat this matchup as effectively blank: STL is facing Montgomery without history.

Bench note: Herrera, Wetherholt, Fermin, Winn, Scott, Pozo -- No data vs Montgomery. No significant bench BvP history.

2B: BVP -- OPPONENT BATTERS VS CARDINALS STARTER

Player	PA	AB	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	BB	K
Marcell Ozuna	11	8	5	.625	.727	1.125	1	2	1
Joey Bart	4	4	1	.250	.250	.500	0	0	2
Oneil Cruz	3	3	1	.333	.333	1.333	1	0	1
Nick Gonzales	3	3	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Spencer Horwitz	3	2	1	.500	.667	.500	0	1	1
Brandon Lowe	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	4.000	1	0	0
Bryan Reynolds	3	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	2	0

Small sample: Joey Bart (4 PA), Oneil Cruz (3 PA), Nick Gonzales (3 PA), Spencer Horwitz (3 PA), Brandon Lowe (1 PA), Bryan Reynolds (3 PA).

Ozuna is the only meaningful sample -- 11 PA with 5 hits, a HR, and only 1 K. Beyond him, Cruz's 1-for-3 is a HR (1.333 SLG), Reynolds is 1-for-1 with 2 BB, and Horwitz is 2-for-3 reached. The BvP signal is uniformly hostile to May, and the Pirates' top hitters have either historic success or productive plate appearances against him.

Bench note: Cook, Davis, Mangum, Griffin, Yorke, O'Hearn -- No data vs May. No significant bench BvP history.

2C: PLATOON SPLITS -- CARDINALS

Player	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	BB	K
Masyn Winn R	163	.255	.313	.349	2	11	31
Victor Scott L	131	.204	.290	.241	0	11	36
Alec Burleson L	127	.271	.310	.398	3	7	20
Ivan Herrera R	124	.330	.455	.660	9	19	18
Ramon Urias R	118	.262	.322	.421	4	10	31
Pedro Pagés R	113	.243	.292	.359	2	7	35
Jordan Walker R	107	.255	.318	.347	2	8	32
Nolan Gorman L	93	.220	.301	.439	5	10	25
Thomas Saggese R	68	.273	.279	.348	1	1	20
Yohel Pozo R	42	.275	.286	.425	1	1	6
Nathan Church L	14	.417	.417	.500	0	0	4
José Fermín R	11	.300	.364	.400	0	1	2

2025 vs LHP. Herrera (.330/.455/.660 in 124 PA, 9 HR) is the headline -- a clean R-handed hitter against a lefty starter. Urias (.421 SLG), Burleson (.271, the rare LHB who handles southpaws decently), and Walker (.347 SLG) round out the right-side production. Scott's .204/.290/.241 vs LHP is the structural weak spot if he starts -- a LHB facing a lefty with a wide platoon split.

2C: PLATOON SPLITS -- OPPONENT

Player	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	BB	K
Bryan Reynolds B	487	.241	.312	.390	10	39	124
Marcell Ozuna R	451	.235	.347	.415	18	64	111
Ryan O'Hearn L	438	.282	.370	.427	14	49	83
Oneil Cruz L	419	.229	.320	.438	19	48	130
Brandon Lowe L	406	.280	.335	.538	26	33	104
Spencer Horwitz L	360	.283	.358	.455	10	37	60
Nick Gonzales R	309	.266	.298	.355	3	14	55
Jake Mangum B	291	.304	.340	.380	2	14	47
Joey Bart R	246	.230	.333	.296	1	26	67
Henry Davis R	221	.174	.241	.272	4	13	61
Nick Yorke R	47	.178	.213	.267	1	2	11
Billy Cook R	2	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1

2025 vs RHP. The lefty cluster is dangerous: Lowe (.280/.335/.538, 26 HR), O'Hearn (.282/.370/.427), Horwitz (.283/.358/.455). Cruz (.229/.320/.438, 19 HR) trades average for power. Reynolds and Mangum hit from the L side vs RHP and both run elevated 2025 lines. The right-handed pieces (Ozuna, Gonzales, Bart) are league-average against righties; Davis (.174) and Yorke (.178) are exploitable.

2D: PITCHER PLATOON SPLITS

Pitcher	vs	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HR	K
Dustin May	vs LHB	334	.261	.357	.495	.756	15	82
Dustin May	vs RHB	250	.256	.325	.386	.642	6	41
Mason Montgomery	vs RHB	129	.321	.409	.505	.826	5	39
Mason Montgomery	vs LHB	80	.206	.313	.324	.530	1	24

Two reverse-platoon arms in different ways. May handles RHB (.642 OPS) but bleeds power and walks vs LHB (.495 SLG, 15 HR in 334 PA). Montgomery is a textbook lefty who eats LHB (.530 OPS in 80 PA) but cannot get RHB out (.826 OPS in 129 PA). With STL projecting 8 RHB available and PIT showing 6 effective LHB vs RHP, both starters are exposed to the wrong side of the matchup.

2D-HA: PITCHER HOME/AWAY SPLITS

Pitcher	Split	BF	IP	ERA	K	BB	HR
Dustin May	Away	258	57.1	6.28	50	26	12
Dustin May	Home	326	75.0	3.24	73	30	9
Mason Montgomery	Away	88	18.2	9.16	28	16	4
Mason Montgomery	Home	121	27.1	3.62	35	11	2

Today's game is at PNC Park -- May pitching away (career 6.28 ERA, 12 HR allowed in 57.1 IP), Montgomery pitching home (career 3.62 ERA, 27.1 IP). The venue cuts against May and supports Montgomery. May's home/road delta of three full earned-run points is large enough that it should reframe expectations on his ceiling tonight.

2E: TTO SPLITS (TIMES THROUGH ORDER)

Pitcher	TTO	PA	AVG	SLG	OPS	HR	K	BB
Dustin May	TTO1	227	.226	.347	.573	5	56	23
Dustin May	TTO2	220	.290	.508	.798	9	44	17
Dustin May	TTO3	137	.263	.517	.780	7	23	16
Mason Montgomery	TTO1	209	.277	.435	.712	6	63	27

May's 2025 TTO line shows a sharp first-pass-to-second-pass cliff: .573 OPS in TTO1 jumps to .798 in TTO2 (+.225 OPS) and stays elevated at .780 in TTO3. Innings 4-6 are where the Cardinals lose the platoon edge. Montgomery only has TTO1 data (he's a relief-promoted starter); the 2025 .712 OPS in 209 first-pass PA suggests his second pass is uncharted territory the Cardinals can probe.

2F: INHERITED RUNNERS PROFILE

Reliever	IR	Scored	Strand%
Kyle Leahy	29	11	62.1%
JoJo Romero	26	3	88.5%
Matt Svanson	26	13	50.0%
Gordon Graceffo	11	5	54.5%
Riley O'Brien	10	3	70.0%
Ryan Fernandez	8	4	50.0%
Michael McGreevy	3	0	100.0%

League average strand rate: ~68-72%. Romero (88.5%) is the lockdown option in any leveraged inning. Leahy (62.1%) is below average, and Svanson (50.0%) plus Graceffo (54.5%) plus Fernandez (50.0%) are all liabilities -- bringing any of them in with men on bears asymmetric risk. Last night's bullpen log was Svanson (1 ER), Stanek (clean), Romero (1 ER, the Refsnyder PH HR). Pairing matters more than role tonight.

2G: BATTED BALL MATCHUP

Pitcher Batted Ball Profiles (Career)

Pitcher	BIP	GB%	FB%	LD%
Dustin May	372	44.1%	28.2%	26.6%
Mason Montgomery	112	43.8%	26.8%	25.9%

Hitter Batted Ball Results (Career) -- PIT

Hitter	GB AVG	LD AVG	FB AVG
Joey Bart	.280	.745	.098
Billy Cook	.000	--	.667
Oneil Cruz	.240	.590	.043
Henry Davis	.220	.526	.028
Nick Gonzales	.283	.584	.099
Spencer Horwitz	.241	.671	.109
Brandon Lowe	.225	.678	.071
Jake Mangum	.344	.557	.086
Ryan O'Hearn	.294	.611	.134
Marcell Ozuna	.184	.658	.152
Bryan Reynolds	.213	.600	.198
Nick Yorke	.276	.600	.071

Both starters are right around 44% career GB%, neither extreme. The PIT lineup's 2025 GB profile leans heavy: Mangum 62.0%, Cruz 52.7%, Bart 53.2%, Reynolds 49.5%. That's a lot of contact aimed at the dirt -- against May, who runs a 41.3% GB% in the 2026 sample, expect a higher LD/FB share than the career number suggests. Davis (.028 FB AVG, 42.6% career FB rate) is the only Pirate who profiles as a giveaway when he gets airborne.

2H: BATTERY PAIRING

Catcher	G	IP	ERA	AVG	OBP	SLG
Will Smith	11	56.0	4.98	.255	--	--
Dalton Rushing	6	34.2	3.89	.227	--	--
Carlos Narváez	4	21.0	4.71	.299	--	--
Austin Barnes	2	12.1	4.38	.250	--	--
Connor Wong	2	5.1	6.75	.348	--	--

The catchers above reflect May's prior tenure -- Smith, Rushing, Barnes are Dodgers backstops; Narvaez and Wong are not on tonight's STL active roster. None of these catchers are on the Cardinals. Tonight's catcher will be one of Iván Herrera, Pedro Pagés, or Yohel Pozo, and none of the three appear in the battery data above. That makes this a fresh battery in every combination -- unfamiliar pop-time calibration, signal sequencing still being built, and a base-running threat (Cruz at 88.4%) who will probe early. Look for first-pass mistake calls and watch whether the Cardinals carry a slide-step protocol with men on first.

2I: BASERUNNING MATCHUP

Oneil Cruz -- 38 SB, 5 CS, 88.4% career success rate. Premier speed threat. Will probe a fresh battery early.

Jake Mangum -- 27 SB, 6 CS, 81.8%. Plus runner with strong success rate; switch-hitter who slaps on the ground (62.0% GB%) and can leg out infield singles.

Bryan Reynolds -- 3 SB, 2 CS, 60% (low success rate; not a green-light runner).

Brandon Lowe -- 3 SB, 2 CS, 60%.

Ryan O'Hearn -- 3 SB, 1 CS, 75%.

Henry Davis -- 2 SB, 1 CS, 66.7%.

Nick Yorke -- 1 SB, 0 CS, 100%.

Joey Bart -- 1 SB, 1 CS, 50%.

The matchup is essentially Cruz plus Mangum. With a fresh STL battery against May, both are live threats whenever they reach. The bottom of the chart (Reynolds, Lowe, Bart) shouldn't be running in green-light situations.

2J: DEFENSIVE CONTEXT

Player	POS	G	DP	E	Fld%
Victor Scott	CF	136	3	6	0.982
Masyn Winn	SS	129	64	3	0.994
Pedro Pagés	C	110	6	5	0.994
Jordan Walker	RF	108	2	4	0.981
Ramon Urias	3B	78	20	4	0.979
Nolan Gorman	3B	54	11	6	0.950
Alec Burleson	1B	50	27	4	0.990
Yohel Pozo	C	46	0	5	0.982
Alec Burleson	LF	41	0	0	1.000
Thomas Saggese	2B	35	24	4	0.973
Alec Burleson	RF	34	1	1	0.983
Thomas Saggese	SS	33	7	1	0.988
Nolan Gorman	2B	28	9	1	0.990
Ramon Urias	2B	26	7	0	1.000
Thomas Saggese	3B	18	0	2	0.939
Nathan Church	CF	18	0	0	1.000
José Fermín	2B	15	5	0	1.000
Ivan Herrera	C	14	0	1	0.989
Nathan Church	RF	7	0	1	0.833
Victor Scott	RF	7	0	0	1.000
Nolan Gorman	1B	7	4	0	1.000
Yohel Pozo	1B	6	2	0	1.000
Nathan Church	LF	5	0	0	1.000
José Fermín	3B	5	0	0	1.000
Victor Scott	LF	4	0	0	1.000
José Fermín	LF	4	0	0	1.000
Ivan Herrera	LF	4	0	0	1.000
Ramon Urias	1B	3	0	0	1.000
Pedro Pagés	1B	2	1	0	1.000
Alec Burleson	P	1	0	0	--
Pedro Pagés	2B	1	0	0	1.000
José Fermín	RF	1	0	0	1.000

Winn (.994 Fld% over 129 G at SS, 64 DP turned) and Pagés (.994 over 110 G) are anchors. Walker holds a .981 in RF over 108 G. Gorman at 3B is the soft spot (.950 in 54 G, 6 E) -- if he starts at the hot corner, May's 41.3% GB profile this season can find him. Herrera has only 14 G behind the plate at the MLB level this season; throwing out Cruz on a contested attempt would be a real test.

2K: BALLPARK CONTEXT & HEAD-TO-HEAD

PNC Park plays as a relatively pitcher-leaning venue historically. Recent head-to-head: 2025 STL 6-7, 2024 STL 8-5, 2023 STL 4-9, 2022 STL 13-6. The Pirates have closed the gap meaningfully since 2022, and the 2023 sweep-style dominance from Pittsburgh is the most recent multi-game data point in PIT's favor at home.

2L: BATTER K%/BB% PROFILE

Cardinals

Player	PA	K	K%	BB	BB%
Alec Burleson	544	79	14.5%	39	7.2%
Masyn Winn	537	102	19.0%	34	6.3%
Victor Scott	463	111	24.0%	42	9.1%
Ivan Herrera	450	84	18.7%	43	9.6%
Nolan Gorman	402	136	33.8%	47	11.7%
Jordan Walker	396	126	31.8%	29	7.3%
Ramon Urias	391	88	22.5%	27	6.9%
Pedro Pagés	389	107	27.5%	19	4.9%
Thomas Saggese	295	83	28.1%	16	5.4%
Yohel Pozo	168	22	13.1%	7	4.2%
José Fermín	70	10	14.3%	8	11.4%
Nathan Church	65	18	27.7%	3	4.6%

2025 STL line. Gorman (33.8% K%) and Walker (31.8% K%) are the high-K bats Montgomery's 30.1% career K% will attack. Burleson (14.5%) and Pozo (13.1%) are the contact ends. Pages, Saggese, and Church carry a high-K / low-BB combo that profiles poorly vs Montgomery's high-walk style -- they will not benefit from his free passes.

Pirates

Player	PA	K	K%	BB	BB%
Bryan Reynolds	654	173	26.5%	57	8.7%
Marcell Ozuna	591	144	24.4%	94	15.9%
Brandon Lowe	553	149	26.9%	38	6.9%
Oneil Cruz	544	174	32.0%	64	11.8%
Ryan O'Hearn	544	109	20.0%	58	10.7%
Jake Mangum	428	64	15.0%	19	4.4%
Spencer Horwitz	411	73	17.8%	44	10.7%
Nick Gonzales	408	73	17.9%	21	5.1%
Joey Bart	332	93	28.0%	40	12.0%
Henry Davis	281	76	27.0%	18	6.4%
Nick Yorke	72	15	20.8%	3	4.2%
Billy Cook	6	1	16.7%	0	0.0%

2025 PIT line. Cruz (32.0%), Bart (28.0%), Lowe (26.9%), Reynolds (26.5%), and Davis (27.0%) all sit above the 25% K% threshold -- May's 21.1% career K% has paths to swing-and-miss innings. Ozuna (15.9% BB%) and Bart (12.0% BB%) are the discipline anchors who punish a pitcher who falls behind. Mangum (4.4% BB%) is the swing-first leadoff candidate and pairs with his 62.0% GB% as a pure contact engine.

2M: BATTER BATTED BALL PROFILE

Cardinals

Player	BIP	GB%	FB%	LD%
Alec Burleson	398	42.0%	33.4%	24.6%
Masyn Winn	376	39.6%	34.0%	26.3%
Ivan Herrera	285	52.6%	21.8%	25.6%
Victor Scott	259	40.2%	32.0%	27.8%
Ramon Urias	253	45.1%	29.2%	25.7%
Pedro Pagés	243	44.9%	30.9%	24.3%
Jordan Walker	231	48.9%	29.4%	21.6%
Nolan Gorman	199	30.2%	41.7%	28.1%
Thomas Saggese	189	41.8%	29.6%	28.6%
Yohel Pozo	133	40.6%	33.1%	26.3%
José Fermín	46	37.0%	32.6%	30.4%
Nathan Church	37	67.6%	21.6%	10.8%

2025 STL profile. Gorman (30.2% GB / 41.7% FB) is the lift-and-air bat who can punish Montgomery's 26.8% career FB% allowed. Herrera (52.6% GB) and Walker (48.9% GB) are the ground-ball ends -- against Montgomery's 43.8% GB profile, expect more GB-on-GB at-bats. Church's 67.6% GB rate in a small sample skews him toward infield rollers.

Pirates

Player	BIP	GB%	FB%	LD%
Bryan Reynolds	398	49.5%	21.6%	28.9%
Ryan O'Hearn	357	47.6%	27.2%	25.2%
Jake Mangum	337	62.0%	17.2%	20.8%
Brandon Lowe	327	42.2%	30.3%	27.5%
Marcell Ozuna	322	43.8%	32.6%	23.6%
Nick Gonzales	303	47.9%	26.7%	25.4%
Spencer Horwitz	280	40.0%	32.9%	27.1%
Oneil Cruz	277	52.7%	25.3%	22.0%
Joey Bart	188	53.2%	21.8%	25.0%
Henry Davis	169	34.9%	42.6%	22.5%
Nick Yorke	53	54.7%	26.4%	18.9%
Billy Cook	5	40.0%	60.0%	0.0%

2025 PIT profile. Heavy GB tilt at the top: Mangum 62.0%, Bart 53.2%, Cruz 52.7%, Reynolds 49.5%. Against May's 41.3% GB% in 2026 (career 44.1%), the ground-ball cluster favors hitters when balls find the corners. Davis (42.6% FB%) is the rare lift hitter and has the worst FB AVG (.028) of the lineup -- if May elevates to him, he's a free out.

2N: PITCHER K%/BB% PROFILE

Pitcher	IP	K	K%	BB	BB%	K/BB
Dustin May	132.1	123	21.1%	56	9.6%	2.20
Mason Montgomery	46.0	63	30.1%	27	12.9%	2.33

2026 to date: May 18.9% K%, 4.7% BB%. Career baseline: May 21.1% K%, 9.6% BB%, 2.20 K/BB. Walks are way down in the small 2026 sample but so are strikeouts. Montgomery has only the career figure (30.1% K%, 12.9% BB%, 2.33 K/BB across 46.0 IP) to lean on -- the 2026 11.1 IP sample (41.2% K%, 11.8% BB%) hints at strikeouts trending higher, walks roughly stable. Both arms run elevated walk rates by career; Cardinals discipline (Burleson, Herrera, Fermin) translates to free passes.

KEY MATCHUPS & WATCHLIST

Marcell Ozuna vs Dustin May. The largest BvP sample in the matchup -- 11 PA, 5-for-8, 1 HR, 2 BB, 1 K (.625/.727/1.125, see Section 2B). Ozuna's 2025 BB% of 15.9% (Section 2L) means May cannot pitch around him without consequence. Highest-leverage at-bat of the night every time he comes up.

Cardinals RHB vs Mason Montgomery. Montgomery's career split allows .321/.409/.505/.826 OPS to RHB (Section 2D). The active-roster pool gives STL 8 RHB (Herrera, Walker, Urias, Pages, Saggese, Winn, Pozo, Fermin). Herrera's 2025 vs LHP line of .330/.455/.660 (Section 2C) is the cleanest individual matchup edge.

Oneil Cruz on the bases. 38 SB / 88.4% career rate (Section 2I). Tonight's STL battery has zero career innings paired with May (Section 2H), and Herrera has only 14 G behind the plate this season (Section 2J). Even Cruz's first-base presence flips the inning.

Watchlist: May TTO2 inning 4-6 window (career OPS jumps from .573 to .798, Section 2E). May away from home (career 6.28 ERA, Section 2D-HA). Romero as the bullpen's best lockdown arm (88.5% strand rate, Section 2F). Davis as a free out when elevated (.028 career FB AVG, Section 2G; 42.6% career FB rate, Section 2M). Cardinals high-K bats (Gorman 33.8%, Walker 31.8%, Section 2L) facing Montgomery's 30.1% career K%.

X-factor. The fresh battery. Five different catchers caught May in his prior career (Section 2H), zero of them on tonight's Cardinals roster. Whichever STL catcher starts is calling pitches on instinct and walking into a stolen base threat (Cruz at 88.4%) cold.

QUICK REFERENCE -- IN-GAME QUERIES

- Show me Dustin May's pitch mix and command tonight inning by inning.
- Update Marcell Ozuna's BvP line vs May after each PA.
- Track Oneil Cruz's stolen base attempts and pop-time data tonight.
- How is Mason Montgomery's K-BB ratio trending after 50 pitches?
- Compare May's TTO2 OPS allowed tonight to his career .798 baseline.
- Which Cardinals RHB has the best xwOBA so far against Montgomery's fastball?
- Show STL bullpen leverage index when each reliever enters tonight.