The Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. Louis Cardinals will play the rubber game of their 3-game set this afternoon at Chase Field and Arizona should come out on top. The Diamondbacks’ expected starter is All-Star Eduardo Rodríguez and he has been in the zone. The southpaw is 8-3 with a 2.28 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. In his last turn against the Los Angeles Dodgers’ heavy bats Rodríguez was dealing, yielding just 2 runs over 6 frames and the Diamondbacks went on to a 9-3 win. The Cardinals are expected to counter with Andre Pallante. The right-hander has decent numbers at 10-6 with a 3.96 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP but was roughed up in his last turn by the Milwaukee Brewers where he gave up 6 runs on 8 hits over 5 innings of work and the Cardinals fell 8-4. Consider the Snakes in this one for the simple fact that when Rodríguez gets the nod they win.
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