Cardinals Close Out Minneapolis Set With Sunday Start From Michael McGreevy Against Twins and Taj Bradley

The St. Louis Cardinals are set to wrap up their stay in Minneapolis with a Sunday afternoon game against the Minnesota Twins, with first pitch scheduled for 1:10 p.m. Central. The matchup is also a key pitching showcase for both teams, because each club has named a starter they are counting on to set the tone early and manage the late innings of a road series.

For the Cardinals, Michael McGreevy is listed as the starter. In a game that comes after multiple days of travel and lineup adjustments, the Cardinals will look for McGreevy to deliver the kind of first-through-mid innings command that helps stabilize the bullpen. Teams often use these Sunday games to reinforce rotation plans heading into the next stretch, particularly when the series road schedule puts extra weight on the starting staff to absorb the workload.

The Twins will counter with Taj Bradley on the mound. Bradley’s assignment indicates Minnesota’s intention to run out a starter who can protect the strike zone and keep the ball in the park as the game progresses. For the Twins, a home series finale can be as much about establishing consistency as it is about the final result, especially when it comes to getting reliable innings from the person beginning the game.

Beyond the individual starters, the most immediate storyline is how each team handles late-game matchups. A 1:10 p.m. start can affect bullpen usage patterns compared with evening games, and it also shapes how managers think about defensive substitutions and pinch-hitting sequences. Sunday afternoons frequently come with fewer margin calls for starters, so both clubs will be watching pitch counts and batter-to-batter efficiency closely as the order turns over.

St. Louis and Minnesota also use these games to reinforce the feel of their lineups. After a series has developed, managers typically make incremental adjustments based on what worked the first two times through the batting order and which pitchers created problems. Even without any single move dominating the conversation, the game plan tends to become more targeted as the weekend concludes, with teams emphasizing at-bats against specific bullpen arms and defensive matchups.

The television broadcast for the Cardinals side is available through, giving St. Louis supporters an option to follow the action as the team finishes its Minneapolis trip. While the headline is the Cardinals-Twins pairing, the broader interest is the duel between the designated starters, because both McGreevy and Bradley represent the clubs’ immediate answers on how to control the center of the lineup before the bullpen takes over.

What to watch next is straightforward: whether McGreevy can keep Minnesota’s hitters off-balance for long stretches, and whether Bradley can do the same against a Cardinals lineup that, like most teams in the middle of the season, balances veteran experience with continued roster development. With both starters named for this Sunday matinee, the early innings could effectively determine how much freedom each manager has later.