Cardinals at Pirates, CornBelters at home on WJBC tonight

Posted on July 10, 2015

By WJBC Staff

The St. Louis Cardinals continue their four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park tonight.

The Cardinals, who lead the second-place Pirates by 5.5 games in the National League Central, will try to defeat Major League-wins leader Gerrit Cole (12-3), while the Cards will counter with righthander Lance Lynn.

WJBC will have the call starting at 5:55 p.m.

The Normal CornBelters open the final series before the Frontier League All-Star break as the league’s traveling team, the Frontier Greys, come to the Corn Crib.

Greg Halbleib brings you the action on WJBC.com starting at 6:20 p.m.

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