With a "must-win" on the line for St. Louis, no one other than Adam Wainwright is the man that the new skipper would call to be on the mound--and as bad news surrounded the Dodgers about Clayton Kershaw yesterday--Los Angeles has called upon rookie pitcher Stephen Fife to make the start, who is 0-1 with an overall earned-run average of 2.16--and will be making his first career start against the Red-Birds.
The Cardinals won the four-game series opener on Thursday night--but since then, Luis Cruz and the Dodgers have rallied the past few days and won the last two meetings', including last night by a score of 4-to-3 in a game that ended with a controversial call following another big night from Cruz at the plate with the bat.
As both teams are basically out of contention of winning there respective division titles; the wild card spot that they are currently tied for is both teams' only chance at seeing postseason baseball in the month of October. Today's huge series finale will deliver us the first pitch from Dodgers Stadium at approximately 3:10pm Central Time and will be televised on FOX Sports Midwest. Here is a quick glimpse at the lineup that skipper' Mike Matheny has put together for the game:
- Jon Jay (Centerfield)
- Carlos Beltran (Right Field)
- Matt Holliday (Left Field)
- Allen Craig (First Base)
- Yadier Molina (Catcher)
- David Freese (Third Base)
- Skip Schumaker (Second Base)
- Peter Kozma (Shortstop)
- Adam Wainwright (Pitcher)
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