The Oakland Athletics continue their road trip in St Louis with the second game of this interleague series against the Cardinals tonight. The A’s dropped the first game yesterday but hope to rebound against a Cardinals team that surprised baseball by being sellers at the trade deadline and have underwhelmed their fans this year with a 53-66 record, landing them in last place in the National League Central Division.
Thirty-year-old righty Spencer Watkins will be making his first start for the A’s after being picked up from Houston on waivers August 8. His career record is 7-13 with a 5.