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Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Catcher	W. ContrerasWillson Contreras	P. PagesPedro Pages	—
First Base	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan M. CarpenterMatt Carpenter
Second Base	N. Gorman Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Idle Friday Nolan Gorman Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Idle Friday	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan	B. CrawfordBrandon Crawford T. Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1 Tommy Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Shortstop	M. WinnMasyn Winn	B. CrawfordBrandon Crawford	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan T. Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1 Tommy Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Third Base	N. Arenado Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Homers in Tuesday's win Nolan Arenado Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Homers in Tuesday's win	B. CrawfordBrandon Crawford	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan N. Gorman Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Idle Friday Nolan Gorman Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Idle Friday T. Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1 Tommy Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Left Field	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan	L. Nootbaar Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Getting night off Lars Nootbaar Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Getting night off	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson D. CarlsonDylan Carlson M. Siani Cardinals' Michael Siani: Idle against lefty Mike Siani Cardinals' Michael Siani: Idle against lefty
Center Field	M. Siani Cardinals' Michael Siani: Idle against lefty Mike Siani Cardinals' Michael Siani: Idle against lefty	D. CarlsonDylan Carlson	L. Nootbaar Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Getting night off Lars Nootbaar Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Getting night off T. Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1 Tommy Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Right Field	L. Nootbaar Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Getting night off Lars Nootbaar Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Getting night off	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	D. CarlsonDylan Carlson B. DonovanBrendan Donovan M. Siani Cardinals' Michael Siani: Idle against lefty Mike Siani Cardinals' Michael Siani: Idle against lefty T. Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1 Tommy Edman Wrist: Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Designated Hitter	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	M. CarpenterMatt Carpenter	W. ContrerasWillson Contreras N. Gorman Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Idle Friday Nolan Gorman Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Idle Friday B. DonovanBrendan Donovan P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt N. Arenado Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Homers in Tuesday's win Nolan Arenado Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Homers in Tuesday's win M. WinnMasyn Winn

Starters

No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5
S. GraySonny Gray	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	L. Lynn Cardinals' Lance Lynn: Delivers five scoreless frames Lance Lynn Cardinals' Lance Lynn: Delivers five scoreless frames	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	A. PallanteAndre Pallante

Relief Pitchers

Closer	Setup	Bullpen
R. Helsley Cardinals' Ryan Helsley: Grabs 33rd save Ryan Helsley Cardinals' Ryan Helsley: Grabs 33rd save	J. RomeroJoJo Romero	A. KittredgeAndrew Kittredge R. Fernandez Cardinals' Ryan Fernandez: Snags first win Ryan Fernandez Cardinals' Ryan Fernandez: Snags first win G. GallegosGiovanny Gallegos J. KingJohn King M. Liberatore Cardinals' Matthew Liberatore: Shaky in spot start Matthew Liberatore Cardinals' Matthew Liberatore: Shaky in spot start C. RoycroftChris Roycroft R. O'Brien Forearm: Expected to be out until at least Jul 26 Riley O'Brien Forearm: Expected to be out until at least Jul 26 K. Middleton Forearm: Out for the season Keynan Middleton Forearm: Out for the season