Cardinals Face Rangers in Decisive Interleague Series

The St. Louis Cardinals are now facing the Texas Rangers in their latest interleague series, where the teams have traded wins, including an 11-1 Rangers victory led by Marcus Semien and a 2-0 Cardinals win behind Sonny Gray's pitching and Willson Contreras's hitting. The series will be decided in a rubber match with Erick Fedde starting for St. Louis and Jacob deGrom for Texas. The Cardinals have maintained strong form, winning seven of their last eight series and achieving an 18-5 record since May 4. They previously completed a comeback victory against the Baltimore Orioles, aided by Brendan Donovan's two-run homer and Masyn Winn's four-hit game. The Orioles continue to struggle in interleague play, having lost all six series against National League opponents this year. Additionally, in local high school baseball, the New Bremen Cardinals and Marion Local Flyers advanced to the Division VI district finals.