Astros bring home losing streak into matchup with the Cardinals

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St. Louis Cardinals (12-8, third in the NL Central) vs. Houston Astros (8-14, fifth in the AL West)

Houston; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore (0-1, 4.29 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Astros: Mike Burrows (1-3, 6.55 ERA, 1.82 WHIP, 18 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -147, Cardinals +123; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros host the St. Louis Cardinals looking to stop a three-game home slide.

Houston is 8-14 overall and 7-5 in home games. Astros hitters have a collective .431 slugging percentage to lead the AL.

St. Louis is 5-3 in road games and 12-8 overall. The Cardinals have a 5-3 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

The matchup Sunday is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with nine home runs while slugging .789. Carlos Correa is 11 for 39 with four doubles and two RBIs over the last 10 games.

JJ Wetherholt has a double, three home runs and nine RBIs for the Cardinals. Jordan Walker is 13 for 42 with a double and five home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 2-8, .234 batting average, 6.77 ERA, outscored by 26 runs

Cardinals: 7-3, .246 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by one run

INJURIES: Astros: Nick Allen: day-to-day (undisclosed), Joey Loperfido: day-to-day (quadricep), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Josh Hader: 60-Day IL (biceps), Cody Bolton: 15-Day IL (back), Jeremy Pena: 10-Day IL (knee), Tatsuya Imai: 15-Day IL (arm), Jake Meyers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Brown: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Matt Pushard: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

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