St. Louis at Washington

Second place St. Louis is off a win over Washington yesterday, but so what? The Cardinals are 0-4 in their last four games following a win. St. Louis is No. 25 in baseball in on-base percentage and No. 22 in slugging, roughly a .500 road team. They face a Washington team that is off a six-game road trip, looking sluggish in the 3-2 loss yesterday, their first at home in a while. But Ross Detwiler can stop the bleeding, a guy with a 0.90 ERA walking just 3 in 20 innings! The Nationals are 37-18 in their last 55 games when following a loss and 19-7 in Detwiler's last 26 home starts. And in this park the Cardinals are 4-9 in the last 13 meetings in Washington. Play Washington.