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St. Louis Cardinals' Chris Carpenter is 11-2 with a 2.09 ERA in 16 starts against Pittsburgh, and he can pull the Cardinals even with the Pirates by earning a fifth straight victory. He held the Reds to a run over eight innings in Saturday’s 4-1 win, lowering his ERA to 1.66 since June 23. Both Pittsburgh and St. Louis will get reacquainted with 13 meetings over the next eight weeks, starting with the opener of an unusually significant series at PNC Park on Friday night.
Pittsburgh Pirates is expected to welcome back shortstop Ronny Cedeno - who had hit in 10 straight before suffering a concussion July 1 - and needs all the help it can get. They have a 2.97 ERA against the Central while going 24-14. Pittsburgh dropped its series finale with Cincinnati 3-1 on Wednesday but won the first two meetings, its seventh straight three-game series victory and 11th of 13 in the division. They only scored nine runs during their three-game visit to Busch Stadium from April 4-6, but they left with two wins behind a staff that limited the Cardinals - who were missing Matt Holliday - to seven. Watch St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Game Live TV Channel FSMW and ROOT.