T.M. Selection: St Louis Cardinals

I like the Saint Louis Cardinals to win this game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Yesterday's performance went from excellent to garbage as the 9th inning went along for the Cardinals. In the 6-3 loss, they gave up each of those six runs in the final inning. In game 2, they'll turn to Miles Mikolas (12-13, 3.29 ERA,) who many thought was going to pitch in game 1. Mikolas has been consistent for most of his career, but especially the past few years now. In his last start against these Phillies, he went 7.1 innings, while giving up just 1 run in a 6-1 win. For Philly, they'll start Aaron Nola (11-13, 3.25 ERA,) in this big game. Nola has been pretty inconsistent in performances lately, as he's allowed 4+ runs in 4 of his last 9 starts. In his last start against the Cardinals, he went 7 innings and gave up 5 earned runs. I expect the Cards to bounce back in a big way with guys like Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado taking over the game.

T.M. Prediction: 7-3 Cardinals.