T.M. Selection: St Louis Cardinals.

I like the St Louis Cardinals to win this game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. The Cardinals have looked really good lately and have really been beating up on these bad teams in their division. They have won 2 games in a row now and are going for the sweep of this series here but they also won their series before this over the Reds and they have been putting up a ton of runs in the process. Their pitching has also been great lately, only giving up 2 runs total in their 2 most recent games but Mikolas also pitched a full game in their most recent, almost getting the no-hitter, so their bullpen should be fresh for this game. I think they are going to continue pitching well here and their offense has been so hot so I expect them to put up runs here too. The Pirates have been terrible lately losing 9 games in a row now and they have also been swept in their 2 most recent series. I expect them to get swept for their 3rd in a row here though. Roansy Contreras (1-1, 2.57 ERA) is up for the Pirates here and he hasn't been bad this year with no terrible starts under his belt yet but he is still new to this league and it's only a matter of time until a team really gets to him. I think the Cardinals are going to do that here with this hot offense and he doesn't normally pitch very deep into games either so I definitely see the Cardinals scoring on their bullpen here too. Jack Flaherty (0-0, 0.00 ERA) is up for the Cardinals here and he is pitching in his 1st start of the year here after coming back from an injury that has been keeping him out. He has been a really good pitcher throughout his career though and I expect a good performance out of him here against a bad team that isn't hitting well at the moment. I think the Cardinals are going to continue their run here and sweep the Pirates. I like the Cardinals to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-1 Cardinals.