Milwaukee @ St. Louis preview

Last Meeting ( Sep 9, 2016 ) Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 4

The St. Louis Cardinals did what they do best to even their series with the visiting Milwaukee Brewers and look to gain the upper hand in the four-game set on Saturday. St. Louis staged a four-run rally in the fourth inning on Friday that featured a pair of two-run homers and rode it to a 4-3 victory, which kept the club one-half game back for the second National League wild card.

The Cardinals trailed 3-0 before Matt Carpenter and Stephen Piscotty sandwiched blasts around a walk to Kolten Wong as the club improved its disappointing home record to 31-38. The homers raised St. Louis' NL-leading season total to 204 - the most by an NL team since Philadelphia hit 224 in 2009 and 31 shy of the club record set in 2000. While the Cardinals halted a two-game skid with the victory, the Brewers had their three-game winning streak snapped as they fell for just the second time in nine contests. Scooter Gennett launched a two-run homer and Hernan Perez notched a pair of hits to improve to 6-for-9 in the series for Milwaukee, which has lost 12 of its 17 meetings with St. Louis this season.

TV: 7:15 p.m. ET, FSN Wisconsin (Milwaukee), FSN Midwest (St. Louis)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Brewers RH Chase Anderson (8-11, 4.73 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Adam Wainwright (10-8, 4.61)

Anderson ended his three-start winless streak on Sunday, scattering five hits over five scoreless innings at Pittsburgh. The 28-year-old Texan has allowed three runs or fewer in 11 straight starts since yielding six - five earned - over four frames in a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 28. Anderson has made three of his four career starts against St. Louis this season, settling for a no-decision on the road in April before losing back-to-back outings in early July.

Wainwright also halted a winless streak at Pittsburgh in his last outing, notching the victory on Monday to end his eight-start drought despite surrendering four runs and seven hits in five innings. The 35-year-old native of Georgia is just 5-4 in 13 turns at home this season and has yielded four or more runs four times in his last six overall outings. Wainwright is 13-8 with six complete games, three shutouts, one save and a 2.20 ERA in 34 career games (27 starts) against the Brewers, including a no-decision at Milwaukee on Aug. 30 in which he allowed one run and three hits over seven innings.

WALK-OFFS

1. The Cardinals' next home loss will set the club record for most in a season at the current Busch Stadium.

2. Milwaukee LF Ryan Braun is expected back in the starting lineup after being kept out for a routine rest on Friday.

3. St. Louis has scored 46 percent of its 691 runs this year with homers.

PREDICTION: Cardinals 6, Brewers 2