Coming off a five-game set at Wrigley Field, the Cardinals will keep the inner-division play going with three games at Great American Ball Park this week against the Reds. The series will begin on Monday evening.
Riding a nine-game win streak, the 51-49 Pirates have taken over third place in the division, eight back of the 58-40 Cubs and 4.5 games behind of the 56-45 Brewers. The Cardinals, at 50-49, are 8.5 back of Chicago and 4.5 out of a Wild Card spot.
On Monday afternoon, Major League Baseball announced that Matt Carpenter has been named the National League Player of the Week after hitting six home runs last week with 10 runs batted in and a 1.