Cardinals vs Guardians — MLB, Jul 28, 2021

The Guardians beat the Cardinals 7–2 on Jul 28, 2021.

FinalWed, Jul 28

St. Louis Cardinals

77-85 · L4

2

Cleveland Guardians

85-77 · L1

7

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Box scoreiEvery hitter and pitcher's line from the game. Batting order, substitutes indented; W marks the winning pitcher.◷History

St. Louis Cardinals

No batting lines are stored for this game.

Pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
K. KimKwang Hyun Kim	2.2	5	5	1	0	4	58
J. GantJohn Gant	1.0	0	0	2	0		24
A. MillerAndrew Miller	1.0	0	0	1	2		19
J. MillerJustin Miller	1.1	2	2	0	0		15
L. GarcíaLuis García	2.0	2	0	0	1		26

Cleveland Guardians

No batting lines are stored for this game.

Pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
Z. PlesacZach PlesacW	5.0	7	2	1	4	1	89
J. KarinchakJames Karinchak	1.0	0	0	0	1		13
N. SandlinNick Sandlin	1.0	0	0	0	2		13
E. ClaseEmmanuel Clase	1.0	0	0	0	2		17
B. ParkerBlake Parker	1.0	0	0	0	2		11

Market◇Market

No lines were stored for this game.

Park and weather

Park and weather post closer to first pitch.

Plate umpireiCounts per game across this official's recent games, next to the league's over the same dates. History; not a forecast.◷History

No plate umpire is on record for this game.

Going into the game · starters, recent form+

Starters, season numbers going iniEach starter's season stats before this game; green marks the better side (lower is better for ERA, WHIP, BB/9, HR/9). The last four rows are tracking data on batted balls and swings; a dash means too few pitches are tracked.◷History

STL

Kwang Hyun Kim

17 starts

CLE

Zach Plesac

RHP · 13 starts

STLCLE

2.88

ERA?Earned runs per nine innings this season, going into the game. Lower is better.

4.30

1.17

WHIP?Walks plus hits per inning pitched. Lower is better.

1.06

7.15

K/9?Strikeouts per nine innings.

5.74

2.99

BB/9?Walks per nine innings. Lower is better.

1.79

0.64

HR/9?Home runs allowed per nine innings. Lower is better.

1.55

84.3

Innings?Innings pitched this season (as a starter and reliever).

75.3

STL · last 3 starts

• 07-22 vs CHC6.0 IP · 7 K · 2 H · 1 BB2 ER
• 07-17 vs SF6.0 IP · 1 K · 3 H · 2 BB0 ER
• 07-10 @ CHC6.0 IP · 7 K · 5 H · 1 BB0 ER

CLE · last 3 starts

• 07-23 @ CLE6.7 IP · 3 K · 8 H · 2 BB4 ER
• 07-18 @ OAK6.0 IP · 3 K · 4 H · 1 BB2 ER
• 07-08 @ CLE4.0 IP · 4 K · 5 H · 0 BB3 ER

Season numbers to date; a starter with few innings has a noisy line.

Recent formiLast ten games (hover for scores), runs for and against per game, and home/road splits.◷History

STL · last 107-34.7 scored · 3.5 allowed a game

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Home 38-43Road 39-42Run diff -29

CLE · last 104-63.4 scored · 5.0 allowed a game

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Home 41-40Road 44-37Run diff +11

Starters' numbers are their season going into the game; weather is the first-pitch forecast; lines are the market's, from the sportsbooks we track. Descriptive data only, there is no MLB model. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.