St. Louis at Pittsburgh 7:05 ET
Pirates over Cardinals- The Cardinals have been flying high since the All-Star break posting six victories in seven games while Pittsburgh has gone the other direction going dropping six of eight and eight of their last 10 overall. St. Louis will start Dakota Hudson (9-4, 3.57 ERA) ho has on seven of his last eight decisions and the Cards are 10-1 in has last 11 starts and 17-8 over the Pirates in their last 25 meetings. The Pirates will counter with Chris Archer (3-6, 5.36) who is winless since June 6 but has been sharp in a pair of starts after the break and he has a .45 ERA against St. Louis this season. The numbers are not pretty but the Bucs are the side. Take PITTSBURGH!