My bad for not checking who the home plate umpire was Saturday in this matchup. Perhaps if I had known it was CB Bucknor I would have reconsidered. What a joke. The Sox used essentially every reliever they have so might be thin behind Garrett Crochet. Dylan Carlson has been activated off the IL for the Cards to make his season debut. They have been getting almost no offensive production from their outfielders so Carlson can only help.

Marty is on fire, up to .113 on the season! He actually has back-to-back games with hits. Hang on, I'm going to go look at this pig flying over my neighborhood.

Two lefties take the mound in this game with Matthew Liberatore making a spot start, but he's unlikely to throw many pitches in this one as his pitch count has been limited in the bullpen. That's unfortunate for the Cards, as the White Sox are far worse against southpaws and their one notable lefty reliever has pitched in two straight, likely making him unavailable. The Cards are also much worse against southpaws, and lefty Crochet has pitched far better than his 5.97 ERA suggests. He could have his longest start of the year here with the White Sox using seven relievers in yesterday's extra-innings win as well. Putting a half-unit on the woeful ChiSox getting the win today.