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The St. Louis Cardinals (65-54) take on the Chicago Cubs (70-47) tonight in a nationally televised game. The series is split, and both teams are looking to win this important game. The Cubs hold a 4 game lead over the Brewers in the NL Central, who hold a 2 game lead over St. Louis in the wild card. Game time is scheduled for 8:05 PM Eastern at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cardinals and the Cubs:

- Former Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter (0-0, 1.00) will make his third start of the season for St. Louis

- NL All Star Ryan Dempster (12-5, 2.93) will start for Chicago

- Carpenter is 7-2 with a 3.07 ERA in 13 starts versus Chicago and 5-1 at Wrigley Field

- The Cubs have won 16 of their last 21 games vs. the Cardinals

- St. Louis is 32-26 on the road

- Chicago is 44-17 at home

- St. Louis is 5-5 in its last ten games

- Chicago is 7-3 in its last ten games

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The St. Louis Cardinals (64-54) take on the Chicago Cubs (70-46) this afternoon after last night’s exciting extra innings game. The Cubs lead the Cardinals by 7 games in the NL Central, but the Cardinals are only 2 games behind the Brewers for the NL Wild Card spot. Game time is scheduled for 3:55 PM Eastern at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cardinals and the Cubs:

- Carlos Zambrano (12-4, 2.76) will start for Chicago

- Todd Wellemeyer (8-4, 4.01) will start for St. Louis

- Zambrano has won 4 straight starts vs. St. Louis

- Zamrbano is 6-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 12 starts this season

- Wellemeyer is 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA in two starts and one relief appearance lifetime against Chicago

- Chicago is 44-16 at home

- St. Louis is 31-26 on the road

- St. Louis is 5-5 in its last 10

- Chicago is 8-2 in its last 10

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The Chicago Cubs (70-46) beat their rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals (64-54) 3-2 Friday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Someone who has played on both sides of the rivalry ended up being the main reason the Cubs won. Jim Edmonds, who spent 8 seasons in St. Louis, had two homeruns to give the Cubs 2 runs they otherwise would not have had. The game went into extra innings tied 2-2 until the bottom of the 11th inning, when Cubs catcher Henry Blanco’s bases-loaded single in the 11th drove in the winning run. The Cubs improved to 44-16 at home with the win.

Bob Howry (5-4) was given the win for Chicago, while Cardinals reliever Ryan Franklin (4-5) was charged with the loss.

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Yesterday, the Cubs (62-44) faced the Brewers (60-46) ace, C.C. Sabathia.  Today, the roles are reversed and Milwaukee faces Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano (11-4, 2.96). The Cubs don’t catch a break, however, as they have to face the starting pitcher for the National League All Stars, Ben Sheets (10-3, 2.87). Yesterday’s game was a thrilling, even matchup and we expect more of the same today. Both pitchers have ERA’s below 3, so don’t expect this to be an offensive game.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cubs and the Brewers:

- The Cubs are 7-13 in their last 20 road games

- The Brewers are 19-9 in their own division, the NL Central

- Carlos Zambrano has been dominant against the Brewers, giving up one earned run in 13 innings

- Zambrano threw 125 pitches in his last outing, Thursday

- Despite the loss last night, the Brewers are still much better at home than Chicago is on the road: Brewers home record: 32-20, Cubs road record: 23-30

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The Cubs won in what we predicted would be the game to watch, and we were right.  Chicago (62-44) beat Milwaukee (60-46) to put them two games up in the NL Central. C.C. Sabathia had his worst start as a Brewer, but it was by no means a bad start. He has just been outstanding as a Brewer so far. His line for Monday: 6.2 IP, 9 hits, 3 earned runs, 3 strikeouts, and 2 walks.  He wasn’t even charged with the loss. That belongs to Brewers closer Solomon Torres, who gave up two runs. The first was an RBI double by Derrek Lee that scored Alfonso Soriano. Lee finished the game 3 for 5 with 3 RBI’s, and had this quote: “I just got two strikes and I was battling, I was just trying to get a sinker up and get the barrel on it. It worked out. He left one up a little bit and I was able to stay inside it and hit it to right field.” Chad Guadin notched the win and Carlos Marmol was given the save.

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This is a 4 game series that very well could determine who the NL Central winner is. The Cubs (61-44) and the Brewers (60-45) are both teams who many experts cannot predict who will win because they are so evenly matched.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick between the Cubs and the Brewers:

- The Cubs are 22-30 when on the road

- The Brewers are 32-19

- The Brewers are 8-2 in their last 10 games, while the Cubs are 4-6 in their last 10

- C.C. Sabathia (10-8, 3.30) is 4-0 with the Brewers with a 1.30 ERA

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The Marlins (53-48) will head to Wrigley Field to take on the Cubs (58-42) in a showdown that has major implications for both the NL East and the NL Central.  The Marlins are currently 1 game back of both the Phillies and the Mets, who are tied atop the NL East standings.  The Cubs are hanging on to first, with a red hot Brewers team only a half game behind.  The St. Louis Cardinals are only 2.5 out as well.

As we can see, there are at least 6 teams, along with their fanbases, who should watch this series closely.  It will be a tough task for Florida to come in and take a game or two away from the Cubs, who have the best home record in the league at 37-12.  The Marlins, on the other hand, are below .500 on the road, going 24-25 in games away from Miami.  Scott Olsen (6-4, 3.84) of the Marlins is scheduled to take on Carlos Zambrano (10-4, 2.98) and the Cubs at 8:05 PM Eastern.

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