Houston at St. Louis 7:45 ET
Cardinals over Astros- The World Champion Houston Astros are returning to earth and have dropped eight of their last 11 games. It is a long season and even the best and worst have good and bad streaks as St. Louis has picked up the pace and has won six of their last eight games. Houston will send Christian Javier (7-1, 3.25 ERA) to the mound and he is making his first career start against the Red Birds. His pitching opposition will be Miles Mikolas (4-5, 4.23) and he is 0-1 with a 10.80 ERA in a pair of career starts against the fly-boys. Houston is 6-17 in the last 23 meetings overall. Take ST. LOUIS!