San Diego at St. Louis

The Cardinals have now had two aces at the top of their staff, with the return of Chris Carpenter and the emergence of Adam Wainwright. Wainwright has really turned into a No. 1 type starter. He has progressively gotten better as the season has gone on, and he has been as dependable and as steady as a rock. Wainwright has now gone through nine turns of the rotation, and has not allowed anyone to score more than two runs against him, and has put together a microscopic ERA of 1.48 in the process. The Padres are horrible on the road, and their last 37 against a team with a winning record shows them at 11-40, or winning just better than one of every four games. The Cards are now 37-16 in Wainwright's last 53 starts on grass. I’m going with the Cards in this one.