Final: Cardinals 9, Pirates 0

ST. LOUIS -- Looking ahead to first pitch ...

• Who: Pirates vs. Cardinals
• What: 136th Pittsburgh opener
• When: 4:15 p.m.
• Where: Busch Stadium
• Pitchers: RHP JT Brubaker vs. RHP Adam Wainwright
• TV: AT&T SportsNet, Bally Sports Midwest (Missouri)
• Radio: 93.7 The Fan
• Streaming: MLB.tv, fuboTV.com
• Satellite: SiriusXM 180, online 861
• Box score: DKPS
• Media notes: Pirates | Cardinals

THE SETUP

It all gets real today, and there's no purer baseball setting -- as the people here will proudly attest -- than this one. Alex Stumpf and I are both on hand to cover this, and we hope you'll trust and follow us all summer long. The visiting clubhouse will be open to reporters beginning at 12:45 p.m. Eastern, including access to Derek Shelton, though we'll post the lineup as soon as it's available.

This was Alex's season preview, and this was mine.