Following a three-game road series against the Cubbies in Chicago during the week, Jake Westbrook and the National League Central division leading Cardinals get set to host the Milwaukee Brewers in a rematch of last season's NLCS for three games over the weekend starting tonight at seven inside Busch Stadium.
Westbrook is 2-1 on the season with an all impressive earned-run average of 1.31. In three starts this season, Westbrook has only given up three earned runs in 20 2/3 innings and has also struck out ten and walked just four (all of which were in his last start against Cincinnati).
Starting on the mound for the Brewers tomorrow will be Marco Estrada, who will be making just his second start of the young season. He made his first start last Saturday against the Colorado Rockies as he struck out nine and gave up just one run in five innings pitched in a 9-4 win. Before Saturday, he had been coming from the bullpen and had tallied just one and two-thirds innings pitched but had given up no runs and had struck out two batters. In 64 career innings away from Milwaukee, Estrada has posted a 6.89 earned-run average.
This seeries marks the beginning of a six-game home stand that will conclude next week with three games against the Houston Astros. The Cardinals and Brewers played a three game series the first weekend of the season in which St. Louis won two of three in Milwaukee. But with the offense having been in a small slump over the past few games, Matheny is hoping that the improvement of Jon Jay and the bats can get it going over the weekend.
Tonight's game will be televised on FOX Sports Midwest and will have the first pitch thrown at 7:15 pm Central Time. I will post game lineups when they are out and will also post a link to watch the game online with the lineups as well.
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