In what looks like a mismatch on paper, Kyle Kendrick and the Rockies will take on Michael Wacha and the Cardinals in the second game of their series at Busch Stadium.
Kendrick has not lived up to expectations this season, even if those expectations were low, but he has been especially bad recently. In his last seven starts, including a rain-shortened outing that lasted just one inning, Kendrick has a 7.44 ERA and 1.81 WHIP in 32u2154 innings, allowing 50 hits, nine of them home runs, with nine walks and 19 strikeouts.