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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies - Game open thread - April 28, 2015

Michael Wacha vs. Severino Gonzalez

By Ben Humphrey
Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

In case you missed it, the St. Louis Cardinals announced on Tuesday afternoon that lefty Tim Cooney will start for the team on Thursday in place of the injured Adam Wainwright. Now onto the other news this afternoon: the lineup shakeup. Manager Mike Matheny shuffled the batting order for tonight's game against the Philadelphia Phillies:

  1. Jon Jay, CF
  2. Matt Carpenter, 3B
  3. Matt Holliday, LF
  4. Matt Adams, 1B
  5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
  6. Jason Heyward, RF
  7. Yadier Molina, C
  8. Kolten Wong, 2B
  9. Michael Wacha, P
    The Phillies lineup:
  1. Ben Revere, LF
  2. Odubel Herrara, CF
  3. Chase Utley, 2B
  4. Jeff Francoeur, RF
  5. Ryan Howard, 1B
  6. Cody Asche, 3B
  7. Carlos Ruiz, C
  8. Freddy Galvis, SS
  9. Severino Gonzalez, P*
*As of this writing, Gonzales had not yet received a uniform number on the Phillies' official website.

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