T.M. Selection: Philadelphia Phillies.

I like the Philadelphia Phillies to win this game against the St Louis Cardinals on Monday. Aaron Nola (5-6, 3.15 ERA) is up for the Phillies here and he has been great all year but looks to be getting even better the deeper we get into this season. He has looked a bit shaky in his 2 most recent starts but he hasn't even pitched that badly, giving up no more than 4 runs in either start, and I think he will bounce back with an even better performance in this game. He has looked a lot better in his road starts too, giving up just 2 runs total in his 4 most recent road starts and pitching 7+ innings in all of those games. Miles Mikolas (5-7, 2.72 ERA) is up for the Cardinals here and he has been good this year but he hasn't looked great in his 4 most recent starts and I think he is going to have a bad start here. He hasn't had a start in his previous 4 where he gave up no runs and the Phillies have been getting a lot of chances to score with runners on base in this series. I expect them to cash in on those here if Mikolas keeps letting them get on base and the Cardinals haven't had much offense lately either to pull them out of any deficit they are in. I like the Phillies to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-2 Phillies.