Nolan Gorman

With the Cardinals facing left-hander Martin Perez, Gorman will head to the bench. The 24-year-old has shown plus power this season but continues to swing and miss at a high rate and is in danger of seeing his batting average dip below .200; however, if you need home runs, he should be a good source of that in all formats. Brendan Donovan will move to second base on Wednesday with Dylan Carlson starting in the outfield.

Keller gave up six hits with a fifth-inning solo shot from Nolan Gorman representing the lone tally againat him over seven frames. He struck out three and only issued a pair of walks. The 28-year-old righty was far from overpowering, as evidenced by only three swinging strikes in this one, but he was able to avoid consistent hard contact. He'll carry a respectable 3.34 ERA, 1.24 WHIP and 108/32 K/BB ratio across 121 2/3 innings (20 starts) into a home outing on Sunday against the Diamondbacks.

Bednar was called upon to protect a one-run margin in the final frame and needed just 13 pitches (11 strikes) to slam the door. He got a pair of ground outs to open the frame before surrendering a single to Paul Goldschmidt, which put the potential game-tying run on-base. He was able to bounce back quickly, striking out Nolan Gorman on three pitches to extinguish the threat. He's converted both of his save chances for Pittsburgh since returning from the injured list back on July 12.

Gorman supplied St. Louis' lone run during a low-scoring affair at PNC Park by walloping a fifth-inning solo shot just inside the right-field foul pole off Pirates starter Mitch Keller. It was his 19th round-tripper of the season and lone hit in four at-bats. The 24-year-old slugging second baseman boasts a lackluster .206 batting average this season, but the fact that he's probably going to wind up eclipsing the 30-homer threshold makes him a mixed-league relevant fantasy contributor, even if he's merely a power plus counting stats source.

On the plus side for any fantasy managers that may have been streaming Elder on Saturday, Elder racked up nine strikeouts while issuing only one base on balls. Most of the damage done against him came early, as the Cardinals scratched out a run in the first inning then added four more in the second -- including a two-run blast off the bat of Nolan Gorman. Elder got 16 swings and misses on 95 pitches in the game -- 10 of those on his slider -- while posting an elite CSW of 42 percent. He'll head back to Triple-A Gwinnett after this one to stay sharp for the next time that he's needed.