Cincinnati at St. Louis

St. Louis has won four in a row while improving to 41-31 at home after defeating the Reds 13-4 Tuesday night. The Cardinals banged out 14 hits and have scored 20 runs their last two games. Also, St. Louis has won 36 of its last 53 in the second game of a series and Cincinnati has lost 61 of its last 89 games at Busch Stadium and four of the last five meetings overall. Jack Flaherty is making his third start and he bounced back from a bad performance against the Giants by pitching five effective innings at San Diego while allowing just a run on three hits in five innings. The Reds have lost all three of Tyler Mahle's starts, including 7-2 at the Mets on Thursday when he gave up three runs on six hits in four innings. Cincy is 26-47 on the road and destined to finish last in the NL Central while St. Louis is closing in on the Cubs for first place. Back the Cardinals.