PREVIEW Starts 2:15 PM ET · Busch Stadium
August 27, 2026 · NL Cent

Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals

August 27, 20262:15 PM ETBusch Stadium
AWAY
Baltimore Orioles
56-59
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HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
57-58

Lineups

Lineups are usually announced ~90 minutes before first pitch. Check back soon.

Hitter season stats

Season-to-date lines for each hitter in the projected lineup, with a Marcel projection (Proj OPS). Season columns are 2026 to date; Proj is a forward-looking estimate, not a result.

AWAY · BAL Projected · top 9 by AB
BATTER 2026 SEASON PROJ OPS
AVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIK
1 Gunnar Henderson SS · L .218 .297 .393 .690 18 47 119 .776
2 Pete Alonso 1B · R .249 .343 .458 .801 23 71 124 .753
3 Leody Taveras CF · S .220 .303 .347 .650 6 41 87 .712
4 Coby Mayo 3B · R .205 .270 .428 .698 15 41 98 .734
5 Colton Cowser CF · L .203 .310 .319 .629 8 28 82 .729
6 Jeremiah Jackson 2B · R .240 .266 .380 .646 7 39 44 .736
7 Tyler O'Neill RF · R .219 .301 .406 .707 9 20 58 .725
8 Dylan Beavers RF · L .244 .328 .344 .672 2 18 50 .744
9 Carlos Narváez C · R .182 .258 .267 .525 3 10 68 .729
HOME · STL Projected · top 9 by AB
BATTER 2026 SEASON PROJ OPS
AVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIK
1 Alec Burleson 1B · L .287 .351 .480 .831 18 77 76 .739
2 Jordan Walker RF · R .285 .343 .491 .834 22 81 119 .728
3 Iván Herrera DH · R .239 .355 .373 .728 12 47 89 .752
4 JJ Wetherholt 2B · L .248 .351 .388 .739 16 43 76 .746
5 Masyn Winn SS · R .238 .317 .317 .634 4 45 88 .732
6 Nathan Church CF · L .236 .283 .366 .649 9 35 63 .729
7 José Fermín LF · R .237 .297 .355 .652 5 24 30 .724
8 Pedro Pagés C · R .206 .251 .323 .574 4 11 45 .716
9 Blaze Jordan 3B · R .252 .271 .370 .641 1 22 20 .746

Manager comparison

AWAY · BAL
Craig Albernaz
Lineup 2.4 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.0 R

Bullpen availability

AWAY · BAL
  • Available 5
  • Limited 3
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 0
HOME · STL
  • Available 8
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 0

Recent form

AWAY · BAL
5-5 L1 -20 run diff
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HOME · STL
4-6 W1 -9 run diff
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Pitching & bullpen preview

Probable starters and each bullpen's availability load in the sections above — the Orioles and Cardinals staffs going in.

Once the game ends, a full pitching and bullpen breakdown appears here: starter lines, the relief sequence and each arm's role, pitch counts, and where the game turned.

Keep reading

How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.