The St. Louis Cardinals have dropped three straight and six of their last eight following a 12-4 setback against the San Diego Padres last night. Their top 4 batters combined to go 1-15 on the night.
They sit 4 1/2 games behind the division-leading Cubs in the NL Central and trail Colorado by five for the second wild-card, so they're still in the hunt.
STL starts Luke Weaver (1-1, 3.31 ERA) here on Wednesday night.
He's walked four and struck out 13 while showing more conviction with his pitches.

Padres hand the ball to Jhoulys Chacin who has a 6.90 ERA in 12 road starts on the season and the right-hander is 0-4 with a 5.81 ERA in five career outings (four starts) against the Cardinals. I'm backing the Cards here at home to notch the win.