The St. Louis Cardinals are 4-2 coming out of the All-Star break following a 6-5 triumph over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Tonight they'll be on the road at Cincinnati, and I like the Reds to get the better of their NL Central rival.

Tanner Roark (5-6, 3.99 ERA) will toe the slab for the Reds. He was roughed up at Colorado last time out, but he's far from the only pitcher to have struggled at Coors this season and it happened after sitting through a rain delay of over three hours. The preparations should be better for this contest, and we can note that he limited the Cards to one run through 5 1/3 innings of a 5-2 Reds win back in April.

The Cardinals counter with Dakota Hudson (8-4, 3.48 ERA) who is having a great year, but his K/BB ratio of 73/45 does note bode well. Don't be surprised if we see some regression for the 24-year-old righty in the second half of the season, and we can note that his ERA on the road is more than a full run higher than at home in St. Louis.

The Reds are 9-4 in their last 13 home games vs. a team with a winning record while the Cardinals are 6-13 in their last 19 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.

10* play on Cincinnati Reds.