Arizona Diamondbacks Face St. Louis Cardinals in Monday Matchup

Arizona Diamondbacks are set to face the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Monday, with Merrill Kelly taking the ball for the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks have earned 127 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 67 balls out of the park, with a slugging rate of .386. They have been called out on strikes 557 times, while drawing a walk on 232 occasions. Merrill Kelly has taken the ball for 1,077 innings and has racked up 953 K's in his career, with a 3.90 ERA and a WHIP of 1.218. The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1 and have tallied 83 home runs this season to go along with 325 runs batted in. And the Diamondbacks have a K/BB ratio of 2.38 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.27. But the Cardinals have an OBP of .325 in addition to a batting average of .247 so far this year. So the Diamondbacks will look to improve their 39-36 record and 4.3 runs per outing average. The starting pitchers will be Merrill Kelly and Andre Pallante, with the moneyline on this contest having the Diamondbacks at -150 and the Cardinals are coming in at +125. The total has been set at 9. The Diamondbacks have turned 71.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,955 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 5th in professional baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks have accumulated 1,985 putouts on the year, as well as 640 assists and 28 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .989 which has them sitting 3rd in MLB, and they have turned 61 double plays. Kelly has a FIP of 3.84 while he has faced 4,452 opposing batters during his time in the majors. The Diamondbacks bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 66 times in addition to having 84 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have earned 44 holds on the year and have stepped onto the mound in 74 save situations. They have earned 20 saves this year and have blown 9 of their 29 chances to save the game.