Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026Busch Stadium7:45 PM ETPreview

BAL · Away · 63-68

Baltimore Orioles

AL East · 3rd · 14.5 GB

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7:45 PM ET

STL · Home · 66-66

St. Louis Cardinals

NL Central · 2nd · 15.5 GB

Starting pitcher matchup

Chris Bassitt —

Baltimore Orioles

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

157th

WHIP

—

197th

K/9

—

190th

BB/9

—

129th

FIP

4.58

HR/9

—

60th

OPS/R

0.631

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA3.35

Road ERA7.28

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

TBD —

St. Louis Cardinals

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

WHIP

—

K/9

—

BB/9

—

FIP

—

HR/9

—

OPS/R

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA—

Road ERA—

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

Team OPS vs opposing starter's hand (2026)

Orioles vs — (TBD)

18th

in MLB

0.715OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

St. Louis vs — (Chris Bassitt)

26th

in MLB

0.692OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

2026 season team comparison

Baltimore Orioles

Stat

St. Louis Cardinals

— (26th)

Batting Average

— (20th)

OPS

— (24th)

— (10th)

Home Runs

— (21st)

— (17th)

Runs Scored

— (16th)

— (20th)

Team ERA

— (17th)

— (22nd)

Team WHIP

— (21st)

— (23rd)

K/9 (Starters)

— (25th)

Runs scored & allowed per inning (2026)

Orioles

Runs Scored

0.50

0.37

0.50

0.49

0.56

0.57

0.58

0.40

0.39

Runs Allowed

0.47

0.53

0.63

0.46

0.60

0.42

0.51

0.62

0.40

Cardinals

Runs Scored

0.61

0.32

0.48

0.47

0.55

0.61

0.39

0.50

0.44

Runs Allowed

0.49

0.38

0.32

0.52

0.48

0.58

0.45

0.56

0.67

Official starting lineups are published a few hours before first pitch. They will appear here and on the lineup page as soon as they are posted.

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2026 head-to-head

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