T.M. Selection: St Louis Cardinals.

I like the St Louis Cardinals to win this game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. The Cardinals have looked better in their games lately winning 2 in a row but that run was ended last night when they lost to the D-Backs 6-2. The D-Backs are not a good team and I expect the Cardinals to bounce back in this game and win this series, especially with it being played on their home field. Miles Mikolas (1-0, 1.21 ERA) is up for the Cardinals here and he has looked great in all of his starts this year. Of his 4 starts, there was only 1 game where he gave up 2+ runs and it was his 1st start of the year, also the only game he didn't go at least 5 innings in. I think he is going to pitch another great game here since he has been hot and I expect the offense to bring in some runs too and give him lots of run support. Merill Kelly (1-1, 1.69 ERA) is up for the D-Backs here and he has also looked great in all his starts this year but he just had his worst start of the year where he gave up 3 runs. I think he is going to give up some runs in this game too and if this ends up turning into a pitching duel between him and Mikolas, I think Mikolas has the advantage and the Cardinals also have the better bullpen to lean on. I don't think the Cardinals are going to drop another game on their home field to the D-Backs again in this series. I like the Cardinals to bounce back and win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 4-1 Cardinals.