Chicago at St. Louis

St. Louis is 40-28 at home and in a tight pennant race. The Cardinals are 11-4 in their last 15 home games. They blew out the Cubs, 13-2, yesterday with 13 hits as Matt Holliday homered twice and had five RBIs. They pulled to within one game of the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers. They picked up John Lackey (13-8, 3.77 ERA) for quality innings along with his two rings, and the Cardinals are 4-1 in Lackey's last five starts. Lackey has allowed two earned runs or less in four of his five starts with the Cardinals. Chicago is 25th in runs scored, 29th in on base percentage, and 1B Anthony Rizzo (30 homers) hasn't played in almost a week (back). Cubs lefty LHP Travis Wood (8-11, 4.72) is 2-5 with a 5.83 ERA against St. Louis in his career. The Cubs are 10-29 when Woods faces a team with a winning record, and 3-13 in his last 16 road starts vs. a team with a winning record. The Cubs are also 7-16 in St. Louis, so grab home field. Play the St. Louis Cardinals.