With their seventh consecutive series win secured, the Cardinals will go for the sweep 1:15 p.m. Sunday when they wrap up their homestand against the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium.
With wins in 10 of their last 11, the Cardinals enter Sunday's action as one of the two National League wild-card teams, ½ game behind the Philadelphia Phillies and ½ game ahead of both the Brewers and Colorado Rockies.
With 38 games to play, the Redbirds, who are a season-best 12 games over .500, trail the Central Division-leading Cubs by four games.
In Sunday's series finale, it'll be a battle of righthanders with John Gant (5-4, 3.