One Night Only: Game Previews for September 26th

An example of a famous Russian astronaut, or cosmonaut.

St. Louis (3) at Houston (4) | 20:05 ET
Brass Tacks
What with Atlanta’s loss on Sunday and St. Louis’s victory, the Cardinals now find themselves a single game behind the Braves in the NL Wild Card Race.

In Terms of Percentages
In terms of percentages, that gives the Cardinals a 36.6% chance of making the postseason; the Braves, 63.4% (per Cool Standings).

Meet Some Astros!
Here are some Astros: Brian Bogusevic (173 PA, 118 wRC+, 1.8 WAR), J.D. Martinez (219 PA, 106 wRC+, 1.6 WAR), Jimmy Paredes (172 PA, 93 wRC+, 0.6 WAR).

Meet Some Astronauts!
Here are some current astronauts: Serena M. Auñón, Jeanette J. Epps, Jack D. Fischer.

Some Other Terms for Astronaut
Here are some other terms for astronaut: cosmonaut (a Russian space traveler), taikonaut (a Chinese space traveler), sexynaut (an Italian space traveler).

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Astros Television.

Two Other Games
New York AL (10) at Tampa Bay (7) | 19:10 ET
It’s a battle of aces, as Tampa Bay’s James Shields faces off against New York’s Hector Noesi.

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Rays Television.

Boston (9) at Baltimore (2) | 19:05 ET
Prediction: this game will be “emotionally exhausting” in one way or another.

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Red Sox Radio or Television.

Also Playing
Here’s the complete schedule for all of today’s games, with our very proprietary watchability (NERD) scores for each one. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and RotoWire. The average NERD Game Score for today is 6.1.

The following Game Scores include the new and improved playoff-odds adjustment, which you can learn about in your brain by clicking here.

Away		SP	Tm.	Gm.	Tm.	SP	Home		Time
Josh Beckett	BOS	7	9	7	2	6	BAL	Tommy Hunter	19:05
Ubaldo Jimenez	CLE	7	5	5	2	6	DET	Doug Fister	19:05
Homer Bailey	CIN	7	5	6	3	7	NYN	Chris Schwinden*	19:10
Hector Noesi*	NYA	6	10	9	7	8	TB	James Shields	19:10
Cliff Lee	PHI	10	3	7	5	3	ATL	Randall Delgado	19:10
Tom Milone	WAS	4	5	6	8	9	FL	Anibal Sanchez	19:10
Jaime Garcia	STL	8	3	10	4	5	HOU	Wandy Rodriguez	20:05
Felipe Paulino	KC	8	10	6	0	6	MIN	Kevin Slowey	20:10
Charlie Morton	PIT	4	5	4	8	5	MIL	Shaun Marcum	20:10
Dustin McGowan*	TOR	8	6	6	2	8	CHA	Dylan Axelrod*	20:10
Dana Eveland	LAN	4	5	6	9	8	AZ	Daniel Hudson	21:40
Casey Coleman	CHN	5	4	5	6	8	SD	Mat Latos	22:05
C.J. Wilson	TEX	6	9	7	5	7	LAA	Dan Haren	22:05
Brandon McCarthy	OAK	8	1	4	0	3	SEA	Jason Vargas	22:10
Jhoulys Chacin	COL	5	6	4	3	5	SF	Ryan Vogelsong	22:15

NERD represents an attempt to anticipate the watchability of a game for the baseballing enthusiast.
To learn more about Pitcher NERD, click here and scroll down a little.
To learn more about latest Team NERD, click here.
To learn how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.
* = Fewer than 20 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.