Series Preview: Cleveland Indians hit road for weekend series in St. Louis

After a crucial series victory over the Twins, the Cleveland Indians are set to hit the road for a three-game interleague series with the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cleveland Indians delivered in perhaps their biggest series of the season thus far as they took two out of three games from the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins at Progressive Field.

With the series victory, Cleveland improved to 19-12 on the season and now trail the Twins by just a half a game and remain tied with the Chicago White Sox for the No. 4 seed in the AL Playoffs.

Looking to maintain their momentum, the Indians will head west for a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals this weekend.

St. Louis started the season 2-3 but then had their season paused for nearly three weeks due to multiple COVID-19 cases in the teams’ traveling party, including multiple players.

Now, the Cardinals are in the midst of playing 55 games in 43 days to close out the 2020 season. The defending NL Central champions are currently 11-11 on the season and would make the postseason as the second-place finisher in their division if the season ended today.

For Cleveland, this weekends’ series will be their fourth against an NL Central foe thus far this season. The Indians took three out of four games from the Reds, were swept in a two-game set by the Cubs and swept three-games from the Pirates.

Can the Indians pick up another critical series win against a contender? Here’s a look at what lies ahead for the Tribe this weekend at Busch Stadium.