St. Louis Cardinals Vs. Houston Astros 9/19/12 Tyrone's Free MLB Baseball Pick - Sports Chat Place

The 78-70 St. Louis Cardinals ousted the 48-100 Houston Astros 4-1 to stay in the lead for the final National League Wild-Card spot. St. L tallied runs during the second, fifth and seventh inning on Daniel Descalso's single, and 15-3 Kyle Lohse's and Jon Jay's doubles, and Jay's single. Houston got on the scoreboard during the top of the eighth with Brett Wallace's RBI-single. The Astros were outhit by the Cards 9-7.

St. Louis eyes another win over Houston when 15-7 Lance Lynn with a 3.95 ERA takes the baseball. Lynn won 14-2 at Minute Maid Park on June 7 letting in two runs during six innings. The Astros are 5-for-22 with two RBIs, one each from Jed Lowrie and Brett Wallace, versus Lynn who has been a warrior at Busch Stadium beating the 58-90 Chicago Cubs twice, 81-66 Chicago White Sox, 58-88 Colorado Rockies, 75-72 Milwaukee Brewers, 74-73 Pittsburgh Pirates and 71-76 San Diego Padres shielding six runs during 38.1 innings. Lynn's Busch losses are a much more shorter list to the 85-64 Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and 84-63 San Francisco Giants giving up 14 runs during 19 innings.

10-9 Luke Harrell with a 3.86 ERA hurls next for Houston who is 5-12 when he chucks on the road. Harrell's away wins have come at the expense of Atlanta, both Chicago clubs and 76-71 Los Angeles Dodgers conceding nine runs during 28.2 innings. In Harrell's road losses the Brewers, Cardinals, 89-59 Cincinnati Reds, Colorado, 74-73 Philadelphia Phillies, SD and 87-59 Texas Rangers crossed in 35 runs, 33 earned, during 39 innings.

St. L however lost by a run twice at Minute Maid when Harrell was pitching. The Cards scrapped in eight runs, six earned, during 11.1 innings. St. Louis is 22-for-68 with 11 RBIs, three Matt Adams', against Harrell. Lynn may be the better ace but Harrell is 2-1 this year versus the Cardinals and something tells me the Astros aren't going to go down without a fight Wednesday.