The St. Louis Cardinals are on a roll coming off five straight victories. They've managed to combine solid pitching with good hitting during that stretch, and I think that will continue here against a Reds team they've beaten in 20 of the last nine meetings.

Anthony DeSclafani (0-1, 5.59 ERA) will take the ball for visiting Cincinnati. Matt Carpenter has owned the Reds right-hander, hitting 9-for-22 (.409), and DeSclafani gave up four runs through four innings (three homers) when he faced the Cards on April 14.

St. Louis turns to Miles Mikolas (2-1, 4.97 ERA) who held the Mets to a pair of runs through eight innings of a 10-2 win over the Mets last time out. He was not particularly sharp when he pitched opposite DeSclafani on April 14, but the Cards still won the game 9-5 and Mikolas is 2-0 behind a 3.60 ERA in six career appearances against the Reds.

Cardinals are 14-2 in Mikolas' last 16 starts vs. a team with a losing record. Cardinals are 16-2 in Mikolas' last 18 starts with 5 days of rest. Reds are 1-7 in DeSclafanis last 8 starts. Reds are 2-10 in their last 12 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.

8* play on St. Louis Cardinals.