Jack Flaherty to start for Cardinals on Saturday in place of Adam Wainwright (elbow)

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty will make a road start against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, manager Mike Matheny confirmed.

What It Means:

Adam Wainwright is back on the disabled list with an elbow issue, so Flaherty will fill in for his second big league start of the year. The 22-year-old right-hander struck out 9 batters and allowed just 1 run on 5 hits over five innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 3 before being optioned to Triple-A Memphis the following day.

Flaherty scored 39.0 FanDuel points in his lone appearance for the Cardinals. He owns a 2.25 ERA and 0.75 WHIP with 22 punchouts and 3 walks across 20 innings (three starts) for the Memphis Redbirds this season.