Houston at St. Louis

The St. Louis Cards were glad to get Chris Carpenter back, and he compliments their potential Cy Young winner in Adam Wainwright, to provide a solid one-two punch at the top of the rotation. Wainwright has been good all season, but of late he has been spectacular. He has not allowed more than 2 earned runs in any of each of his last 11 outings, while pitching to a 1.44 ERA. That is 11 straight quality starts. He has also dominated this Houston lineup, as he is 6-1 with a 2.17 ERA lifetime against the Astros. Wandy Rodriguez has had a breakout season for the Astros, but recently has struggled to a 4.74 ERA in his last 3 starts, and is only 3-7 for his career against the Cards. I'll go with St. Louis in this one.