70% of the public are pounding the Cardinals here after losing game 1 in this series. The Diamondbacks had 15 hits yesterday and although their team is not full of a ton of power they have a lot of speed and contact hitters which should be a good match up for them today as they face off against Jaime Garcia. Garcia had a solid spring, but he's a pitcher I don't trust on the road where he posts a 5.02 ERA a year ago compared to his 2.82 ERA. That was no coincidence going back the last three years Garcia has a 4.46 ERA road and a 2.33 at home. Arizona also hits lefties hard ranking 8th last year in OPS where I think they can actually improve. Garcia is also just 0-7 in his last 7 starts when facing an opponent that is coming off a game in which they scored 5 or more runs. I expect the Dbacks to stay hot here tonight.
Trevor Cahill takes the mound for the Diamondbacks after posting a 1.86 ERA during the spring. He actually was rather dominant to close the season last year posting a 2.62 ERA over his last 5 starts. At just 25 years old there is no reason to believe that the ground ball pitcher can't continue to get better. This game may turnover to the bullpens where the Diamondbacks have a significant advantage where they could have the best bullpen in the league this year with David Hernandez, Brad Ziegler, Heath Bell and JJ Putz rounding out the group. They were 10th last year while the Cardinals were 20th in ERA. Cardinals are also without one of there better relievers in Jason Motte who posted a 2.75 ERA last year. Add in that David Freese is also on the DL and the Cardinals could get off to a very slow start.
