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India has really struggled as of late, and is hitting just .195/.298/.244 on the 2025 campaign. He’ll get a break with Cavan Biggio lined up at second base in India’s absence. Michael Massey has also scuffled and will take a seat, with Maikel Garcia playing third.

Fermín’s homer in his 159th plate appearances since debuting with the Cardinals in 2023. It’s his ability to make contact that has him in the majors, and he’s gone 7-for-18 with a 2/2 K/BB in his 10 appearances this season. St. Louis, though, might send him down when Jordan Walker comes off the IL.

It looked like this was going to be a really good one for Gray, who already had nine whiffs and got through three innings on just 36 pitches. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. Gray ends the first half 9-3 with a 3.50 ERA and a 118/19 K/BB in 108 innings. The short outing probably means he’ll start the Cardinals’ first game back after the break against the Diamondbacks on Friday.

Helsley gave up a walk and a single to start the inning, but he rebounded to retire Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Sean Murphy. It was his 19th save in 24 opportunities.

Daniel came back out after the first rain delay in the third inning but not following the second in the fifth. He might have been done even if not for that second delay, as the Braves wouldn’t have expected to approach 90-100 pitches after sitting around for over an hour. The solid effort should keep Daniel around in the rotation after the break. If he remains in the rotation, he’d probably face the Giants next Monday or Tuesday.

This was an odd day for Contreras; he had a flyout on a 109.1-mph missile with a .980 xBA and a double on a 78.6-mph flyball with a .040 xBA. That double surely would have been caught by Ronald Acuña Jr. under normal circumstances, but because the field was wet after two delays and he had an infielder closing in on him as he ran in, the ball dropped.

It could have been a four-hit day for Profar, but the official scorer ruled an error on Gordon Graceffo for missing first base while covering on Profar’s grounder in the seventh. We approve, but given that there was no drop of the ball or missed catch, that’s the type of thing that tends to go as a hit.

Relamuto’s run-scoring double snapped a 1-1 tie and proved to be enough for the Phillies to eke out a one-run victory. The 34-year-old backstop also singled in the ballgame, finishing the afternoon 2-for-4. He finishes the first half of the season hitting .268/.324/.381 with five homers, 32 RBI and five stolen bases in 299 plate appearances.

The 32-year-old slugger drew a two-out walk off of Nick Pivetta in the first inning, advanced on an error and ultimately scored on a throwing error by Luis Arraez. Harper also doubled off of Adrian Morejon in the eighth inning and scored the go-ahead run on J.T. Realmuto’s two-out RBI double. Harper finishes the first half of the season hitting .261/.374/.451 with 10 homers, 35 RBI and nine stolen bases in his first 302 plate appearances.

Orion Kerkering came on with one out in the eighth inning and worked through some trouble before escaping with the lead intact. Strahm then took over in the ninth and made things interesting as well, issuing a leadoff walk to Jake Cronenworth who was then sacrificed to second base. Strahm then got Elias Diaz to pop out foul to third base for the second out. He walked Fernando Tatis Jr. intentionally and then retired Luis Arraez on a fly ball to left field to end it. The 33-year-old southpaw finishes the first half with a 3.29 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and a 44/12 K/BB ratio over 38 1/3 innings to go with six saves and a victory.

The 28-year-old southpaw scattered six hits and three walks on the afternoon. The lone blemish on his day came on an RBI single off the bat of Jose Iglesias in the seventh inning. Sánchez got 14 swings and misses on 86 pitches in the ballgame — 10 of those on his excellent changeup — while registering an elite CSW of 37 percent. He finishes the first half of the season with a brilliant 8-2 record, 2.50 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and a 122/32 K/BB ratio over 115 frames through his first 19 starts.