The Cubs and Cardinals continue their series this afternoon with Glendon Rusch facing Sir Sidney Ponson. Rusch allowed seven home runs in fifteen innings so far this season and gets to face Albert Pujols, who's hit three home runs in 38 at bats against he lefty. Ponson's is somewhat effective vs. lefties this year. Although he allowed both his homer to left-handers, he's kept them to a .227 batting average and a .261 OBA.

The Mets and Padres need their starters to go deep tonight after the Friday marathon. Pedro Martinez faces Chris Young. Pedro need to work more efficiently than in his last performance when he used 108 pitches to finish 6 2/3 innings. Young's innings are going up with each of his starts. More importantly, the control the Padres need from the former Ranger is there. Look for a lot of strikeouts between these two tonight.

Enjoy!