Cardinals

Taillon has allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his last 18 starts. His last outing was admittedly a grind, but he was still effective as he limited the Reds to one run on eight hits while striking out six over five innings on Wednesday.

Daniel Poncedeleon, RHP #62Poncedeleon will slide out of the bullpen for a spot start, the fourth of his MLB career. After logging just 3 1/3 innings in his last start on Sept. 1, Poncedeleon threw two scoreless innings in relief on Saturday.