As the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates look to leave the weekend with a series victory in hand, both managers will run out line ups on Sunday that afford no days off for their starters, which clashes with at least how Cardinals manager Mike Matheny has handled his team in the early going this season.
Here are the starting line ups for both teams:
Cardinals
- Rafael Furcal, SS
- Tyler Greene, 2B
- Matt Holliday, LF
- Carlos Beltran, RF
- David Freese, 3B
- Yadier Molina, C
- Matt Carpenter, 1B
- Shane Robinson, CF
- Kyle Lohse, P
Pirates
- Nate McLouth, LF
- Jose Tabata, RF
- Andrew McCutchen, CF
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Garrett Jones, 1B
- Pedro Alvarez, 3B
- Clint Barmes, SS
- Michael McKenry, C
- Erik Bedard, P
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Here are the starting line ups for both teams:
Cardinals
Pirates
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