We like the Cardinals and Mike Leake to get it done over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Note the Cardinals are in need of a big stretch run, as they are two games back from .500, which is not that far away from a wild card spot if things work in their favor.

The Cardinals starting pitcher Leake gave up a season high in homeruns of 3 in his last start.
Prior to that he had put together 3 straight quality starts including giving up just 1 earned run to Washington, 3 to this very Pittsburgh team and 1 to Philadelphia. We like Leake to bounce back and the Cardinals to get some revenge and have more success against him this time around as a small road underdog.