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The St. Louis Cardinals (67-56) are scheduled to take on the Florida Marlins (63-58) tonight. The Cardinals lead the four game series 2-1 heading into the last meeting between the two tonight. St. Louis is 7.5 games behind Chicago in the NL Central, and 3.5 behind Milwaukee in the NL Wild Card.  Florida is 1.5 games behind New York and Philadelphia in the NL East. Game time is scheduled for 7:10 PM Eastern at Dolphin Stadium in Florida.

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

-Todd Wellemeyer (9-4, 4.01) starts for St. Louis

-Scott Olsen (6-7, 4.04) will pitch for Florida

-Olsen is 1-3 with a 5.20 ERA in his last five starts

-St. Louis is 34-28 on the road

-Florida is 34-28 at home

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

-Florida is 4-6 in its last 10 games

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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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Friday night will matchup the Philadelphia Phillies (59-49) with the St. Louis Cardinals (61-50) at Busch Stadium. Both teams, fighting for a playoff spot, surprisingly did not make any moves at this years trade deadline, opting to remain with what they have down the stretch. The Phillies currently lead the NL East, and the Cardinals are tied with the Brewers for the lone National League Wild Card spot. This will surely be a game/series to watch closely. Game time is scheduled for 8:15 PM Eastern time in St. Louis.

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

- Cole Hamels (9-6, 3.27) will take the mound for the Phillies

- Kyle Lohse (12-3, 3.68) will pitch for St. Louis

- Both teams have identical home/away records, respectively: both are 30-25

- The Phillies are on a 5 game winning streak

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Another big game in the works at Shea today. Kyle Lohse (12-2, 3.35) for St. Louis will take on Johan Santana (8-7, 3.05) for New York. After the thrilling 14 inning offensive game last night, we should see a contrast in styles with a pitching duel today.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick for tonight’s game between the Cardinals and the Mets:

- The Mets have won 15 of their last 19 games, and 8 of their last 10 at home

- Kyle Lohse is 5-1 on the road this season

- Johan Santana is only 4-3 at home in New York but has a great ERA of 2.59

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The St. Louis Cardinals (57-48) beat the New York Mets (56-47) 10-8 at Shea Stadium in New York in 14 innings. This game was an offensive fan’s dream: 4 homeruns were hit, and a total of 37 hits, 21 by the Cards and 16 by the Mets. In the top of the 14th Albert Pujols finally hit the HR that put the Cards ahead off of Aaron Heilman, who was the last player the Mets had in the bullpen. He had pitched three innings.  Both teams had plenty of chances to win earlier: The Cards left 17 runners on base, while the Mets left 16 on.  Brad Thompson was given the win, with Heilman given the loss.

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This game is pivotal to both teams. St. Louis needs to snap its current 5 game losing streak if they want to remain serious contenders in the NL Central race. New York needs to keep on their winning ways to help build themselves a lead in the NL East. The Mets are riding a three game winning streak after taking two out of three from the Phillies and the first game of this series. Joel Pineiro (3-4, 4.52) will take the mound for the Cardinals facing Triple-A call up Bobby Knight (0-0, 0.00) for the Mets. He was called up to replace Pedro Martinez who flew back home to the Dominican Republic after the news of his father’s death. Game time is scheduled for 7:10 PM Eastern.

Consider these criteria when determining a pick for tonight’s game between the Cardinals and the Mets:

- The Mets are on a four game winning streak.

-The Cardinals are on a five game losing streak.

- Mets SP Bobby Knight has not pitched in the major leagues since 2002, but has a Triple-A record of 5-1 with a 1.60 ERA.

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The NL Central, hell, maybe even the whole league should be on the lookout for the Brewers. They just completed a 4 game series sweep of the Cardinals and are 7-0 on their current road trip, and are on an eight game winning streak. Ryan Braun was the catalyst of the offense, going 14-29 during the road trip, including a two run HR in the top of the ninth in St. Louis on Thursday that kept them within a game of the Cubs atop the NL Central standings. The HR from Braun came off of Cards closer Ryan Franklin, who was charged with the loss. In Braun’s own words: “To me, a game-winning homer is the best feeling in the world. There’s nothing better.”

The Brewers are also climbing up the team total HR chart, having hit one homerun in each of their last twenty games, a franchise record. Ben Sheets threw seven strong innings, but left the game when they were down 3-2 and was given a no decision. Eric Gagne pitched in the eighth to earn the win, and Solomon Torres was given the save.

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In the close NL Central race, any win from here on out is an important win.  Just look at last night’s game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals, which Milwaukee won 6-3.  The win gave Milwaukee a better win percentage than St. Louis and moved them into second place behind the Chicago Cubs.  Bill Hall, who hit the go ahead homerun in the top of the 10th, had this to say:  “From the looks of it, it’s us, the Cardinals and the Cubs who will be battling for the division.  Every win is important in this division.”  After Brewers starting pitcher Seth McClung let in two runs in the bottom of the first off of a Troy Glaus double, the Brewers offense helped him out by getting 3 runs home in the top of the fifth with Rickie Weeks 9th HR of the year.  The score remained 3-2 going into the bottom of the ninth, when Yadier Molina stepped to the plate facing Solomon Torres.  Molina hit a ground rule double, and was then replaced by pinch runner Brendan Ryan. 

Pinch hitter Jason LaRue moved Ryan to third, and Skip Schumaker hit a sacrifice to left to bring Ryan in to tie the game.  Before you could even blink, Milwaukee had already gained the lead again in the 10th as Bill Hall led off the inning with a HR.  The Brewers eventually got two more runs and won the game 6-3.

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