Andre Pallante has made a slight tweak to his arsenal in recent games, and at least so far, it's working.

Pallante and the Cardinals continue a three-game home series vs. the Cubs at 6:15 p.m. Saturday in a game that airs only on Fox.

On Friday, the Cardinals blanked Chicago 5-0 in the opener.

The right-hander Andre Pallante (6-8, 4.57 ERA) has a 1.50 ERA across his last two starts, and the most notable difference in how he has deployed his fastball and slider.

For the season, Pallante leads with that four-seam fastball, throwing it 45.7% of the time. In his last start, he used it a bit less, just 38.7% of the time.

His usage of the four-seamer was about 50% in the first two months of 2025 but has been ticking down in recent months.

By using it less, Pallante is inducing a lower e

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