Los Angeles at St. Louis

The Cards beefed up their lineup by acquiring Matt Holliday from the A's, and this will be a statement series for them against the Dodgers. They open with Chris Carpenter, who has been dominant when healthy. Carpenter has made 15 starts and has allowed three runs or less in 14 of them, surely meaning that the Cards are in every game he takes the mound. He has been a menace to opposing hitters at home, allowing zero runs in three of his five home starts, and just one run in another, and he stands a flawless 3-0 against the Dodgers over his career. Wolf has struggled against lineups that are hitting well, as the Dodgers are just 1-5 in his last six starts against a team that scored five runs or more in their last game. I'm going with the Cards in this one.