Game 2: St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds – April 30, 2025

In game one the Cincinnati Reds saw their 5-game winning streak come to an end. The game was close until St. Louis had a 5-run inning to put the game away as the Cardinals evened up the series. They are back on the field this evening for game two of the day and game three of the series. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 pm ET.

Starting Lineups

Starting Pitchers

Chase Petty

Tonight will be the big league debut for Chase Petty. That usually means that you never know what you are going to get. This season with Louisville he’s pitched well, but has been a bit more home run friendly than in the past – giving up four homers in five starts (three came two starts ago).

This season he’s pitched very well against right-handed hitters in Triple-A. Lefties, though, have hit well against him as they’ve had a high average, a good on-base percentage, and they’ve had four of their nine hits against him go for extra-base hits.

Splits (Triple-A this season)

Split
PA
H
2B
3B
HR
BB
K
AVG
OBP
SLG

RHH
63
12
1
0
3
5
15
.207
.270
.379

LHH
37
9
2
1
1
4
12
.281
.361
.500

Pitch Usage (Triple-A this season)

4-seam
2-seam
Cutter
Slider
Change

Velo
96.5
94.9
90.1
88.8
84.1

Usage
22%
29%
32%
7%
11%

Steven Matz

This season has seen Steven Matz perform a bit of a hybrid role with the Cardinals. He’s only started one game, but in the first two games of the year he threw 4.0 and 3.0 innings, and he’s been a bit of a multi-inning reliever. He last pitched on April 26th, throwing 13 pitches against Milwaukee.

Matz has been dominant this year, holding both lefties and righties to a sub .520 OPS so far this year. The sample size is small, but he’s gotten the job done. He’s not walking anyone, but he’s also not exactly been striking out many hitters, either.

Splits

Split
PA
H
2B
3B
HR
BB
K
AVG
OBP
SLG

RHH
52
11
2
0
0
2
8
.225
.250
.265

LHH
27
4
1
0
0
1
6
.167
.231
.208

Pitch Usage

2-Seam
Curve
Slider
Change

Velo
94.2
79.2
87.9
83.8

Usage
63%
14%
2%
21%

When and Where

Game time: 6:40pm ET
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
Watch: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, MLB.tv,
Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
Forecast: 75°, cloudy, 20% chance of rain

News and Notes

Reds dropped game one

In case you missed the game earlier and want to read up about what you missed, here’s your link.

Division Standings

(standings are as of the start of the day)

Team
W
L
GB
Playoff Odds

Chicago
18
12
0.0
70.3%

Cincinnati
16
13
1.5
18.1%

Milwaukee
15
15
3.0
25.7%

St. Louis
12
17
5.5
9.3%

Pittsburgh
11
19
7.0
3.8%

Playoff Odds via Fangraphs

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