The St. Louis Cardinals’ home contest against the Kansas City Royals originally set for Wednesday evening has been rescheduled due to rain.
The matchup has been bumped to Thursday, now the opener of a split doubleheader. The originally scheduled Thursday game (6:45 p.m. CT) will occur as slated. Wednesday’s game will now take place as Game 1 Thursday, scheduled for 12:45 p.m. CT.
St. Louis will start Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.90 ERA) in Game 1 on Thursday and left-hander Matthew Liberatore (3-4, 3.08) in Game 2. The Royals will counter with rookie left-hander Noah Cameron (2-1, 1.05) and lefty Cole Ragans (2-3, 4.53).
The Royals took Game 1 of the three-game series Tuesday night 10-7. The Cardinals won two of three games in Kansas City on May 16-18.