Cardinals try to sweep series against the Dodgers

St. Louis Cardinals (70-70, third in the NL Central) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (82-57, first in the NL West)

Los Angeles; Thursday, 10:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Quinn Mathews (1-2, 5.03 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 20 strikeouts); Dodgers: Tarik Skubal (8-7, 2.84 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 153 strikeouts)

LINE: Dodgers -305, Cardinals +240; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers square off in the final game of a three-game series. The Cardinals will sweep the series with a victory.

Los Angeles is 82-57 overall and 40-28 in home games. Dodgers hitters are batting a collective .258, the second-best team batting average in MLB play.

St. Louis has a 70-70 record overall and a 36-32 record in road games. Cardinals pitchers have a collective 4.24 ERA, which ranks 10th in the NL.

The teams meet Thursday for the sixth time this season. The Cardinals are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers with 59 extra base hits (25 doubles, four triples and 30 home runs). Freddie Freeman is 13 for 34 with two doubles, a home run and five RBI over the last 10 games.

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Alec Burleson has 21 home runs, 48 walks and 101 RBI while hitting .283 for the Cardinals. Nathan Church is 11 for 36 with a double, a triple, a home run and six RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Dodgers: 4-6, .243 batting average, 3.81 ERA, even run differential

Cardinals: 4-6, .246 batting average, 6.66 ERA, outscored by 17 runs

INJURIES: Dodgers: Will Klein: 60-Day IL (elbow), Eric Lauer: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bubic: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brusdar Graterol: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ben Casparius: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Stone: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bobby Miller: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Roki Sasaki: 15-Day IL (finger), Andy Pages: 10-Day IL (hand), Edwin Diaz: 15-Day IL (neck)

Cardinals: JJ Wetherholt: 10-Day IL (wrist), Blaze Jordan: 10-Day IL (ankle), Masyn Winn: 10-Day IL (thumb), Peter Strzelecki: 15-Day IL (forearm), Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (hand), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (forearm), Andre Pallante: 15-Day IL (elbow), Max Rajcic: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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