Cincinnati at St. Louis

St. Louis is a half-game behind San Francisco in the battle for the second NL Wild Card while the last-place Reds are 28-49 on the road. Jaime Garcia is back in the rotation after a couple weeks in the bullpen, and he has pitched well his last two appearances against Cincinnati allowing four runs in 14 innings. St. Louis has won nine of Garcia's last 11 home starts against the Reds, who have lost 55 of their last 78 games at Busch Stadium. Cincinnati is 27th in the Majors with a .689 OPS versus left-handers and 28th with a .239 batting average versus southpaws. Cincy has lost five of Tim Adleman's last six starts, and he gave up three runs and four hits in five innings pitched against the Cardinals this year. The Reds have lost eight of their last 11 games overall and 37 of their last 52 against left-handed starters. Play the Cardinals.