Rain has put the Cardinals-Braves matchup on pause Friday night, adding another weather interruption to a St. Louis season that has already seen plenty of them.
The Cardinals’ Friday Night Baseball game against Atlanta is officially in a rain delay, with no restart time announced yet. If the game does resume, it will pick back up with a 1-2 count on Ozzie Albies in the top of the fourth inning.
For fans watching on Apple TV or listening on the radio, updates are expected as soon as they become available.
The timing is a little frustrating for St. Louis, which has been trying to steady itself after a rough stretch.
The Cardinals took two of three from the Braves in Atlanta last week, but since then they’ve dropped four of five against the Milwaukee Brewers in St. Louis.
A series win heading into the All-Star Break would go a long way toward getting things back on track.
There has already been plenty for Cardinals fans to celebrate today, though. Earlier, the club signed rookie JJ Wetherholt to an eight-year extension, a major move that points to him being the face of the team’s new era under Chaim Bloom.
The Cardinals also got another piece of good news when DH/C Ivan Herrera was named to the NL All-Star team as an injury replacement for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Herrera will head to Philadelphia alongside Jordan Walker, Riley O'Brien, and manager Oliver Marmol for this year’s All-Star Game.
And for plenty of fans, the hope is still alive that Wetherholt could join them, too. His rookie season has been strong enough to keep that conversation going.
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