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September 25, 2026 · NL Cent

St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers

September 25, 20267:40 PM ETAmerican Family Field
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
57-58
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HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
72-43

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 · 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
HOME · MIL Projected · top 9 by AB
BATTER 2026 SEASON PROJ OPS
AVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIK
1 Brice Turang 2B · L .266 .359 .452 .811 16 70 120 .730
2 William Contreras C · R .270 .335 .398 .733 11 58 65 .751
3 Jake Bauers 1B · L .270 .375 .503 .878 20 64 103 .714
4 Jackson Chourio LF · R .277 .335 .470 .805 15 45 88 .766
5 Garrett Mitchell CF · L .257 .353 .420 .773 8 49 123 .731
6 Christian Yelich DH · L .231 .314 .371 .685 7 38 95 .739
7 Joey Ortiz SS · R .241 .307 .357 .664 5 29 50 .707
8 David Hamilton 3B · L .233 .313 .319 .632 3 15 61 .714
9 Andrew Vaughn 1B · R .299 .392 .474 .866 5 33 32 .723

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.0 R
HOME · MIL
Pat Murphy
Lineup 2.1 R Bunts 4.0 R IBBs 4.8 R

Bullpen availability

AWAY · STL
  • Available 8
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 0
HOME · MIL
  • Available 5
  • Limited 2
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 0

Recent form

AWAY · STL
4-6 W1 -9 run diff
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HOME · MIL
6-4 W3 -1 run diff
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Season series: 1-1 with STL listed first across 2 prior meetings.

Pitching & bullpen preview

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