Atlanta Braves (54-54, third in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (53-54, third in the NL Central)
St. Louis; Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Touki Toussaint (1-2, 4.77 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 20 strikeouts) Cardinals: Wade LeBlanc (0-2, 4.17 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis and Atlanta will square off on Thursday.
The Cardinals are 30-23 on their home turf. St. Louis is slugging .385 as a unit. Tyler O'Neill leads the club with a .505 slugging percentage, including 35 extra-base hits and 17 home runs.
The Braves have gone 27-27 away from home.