The St. Louis Cardinals had a rare thing happen to them over the weekend; they were swept by the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. The Central-leading Cardinals will look to get back on track tonight when they return home to Busch Stadium to open a 3-game set with the Pittsburgh Pirates. St. Louis is 12-8 at Busch and won the first 3 meetings with the Pirates earlier this year in Pittsburgh, outscoring the Bucs, 22-8. Tonight’s probables are Pittsburgh’s J.T. Brubaker (3-2, 2.58 ERA) and St. Louis’ John Gant (2-3, 1.83 ERA), who faced each other on April 30th with Gant coming out on top. To say the Cardinals have owned the Pirates would be an understatement. They are 20-6 in the last 26 meetings.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS