The St. Louis Cardinals suffered a third straight loss with a disappointing 4-3, 10th innings setback to the Washington Nationals on Monday. I think they'll bounce back here in Game 2 of the series with Miles Mikolas (13-4, 2.96 ERA) on the mound.

The Cards had won six straight Mikolas starts prior to a hard-luck 2-0 loss against Pittsburgh his last time out. The 30 year old right-hander should get more run support here with Washington handing the ball to Erick Fedde (1-3, 5.79 ERA). Fedde will make just his seventh start of the season and he's a poor 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA in six career starts home at Nationals Park with the Nats losing all of those six games.

Cardinals are 10-2 in their last 12 road games and 17-5 in their last 22 games following a loss.

10* play on St. Louis Cardinals.