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In Sundays 3-0 loss at Washington in the finale of a three-game series from Nationals Park, David Ross had two of his teams four hits and starter Mike Minor was saddled with the loss even though he allowed one run on six hits and two walks over 4 2/3 innings. "All the pressure is on St. Louis, because if they dont win, they cant go anywhere," Minor said postgame. "Even if we do lose, they have to win." The Cardinals kept the pressure on with Sundays win over the Cubs and will finish the regular season in Houston. Atlanta, which once owned an 8 1/2-game lead atop the Wild Card standings, will send rookie right-hander Randall Delgado to the mound this evening and hes coming off his first major league victory. Delgado threw five shutout innings in a 4-0 win at Florida last Tuesday and is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in six starts. He has never faced the Phillies and is 0-1 in four home starts. Philadelphia has struggled since clinching its fifth straight NL East crown and was able to snap a season-worst eight-game losing streak with Sundays 9-4 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field. Hunter Pence fell a double shy for the cycle and went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a pair of runs scored, while Carlos Ruiz tallied four hits and drove in two runs for the Phillies, who pounded out 19 hits and are a major league-best 47-31 on the road this season. Phils ace Roy Halladay tossed six scoreless innings and gave up only four hits in a winning effort. "Its nice to go in [to the playoffs] on a strong finish, even though that doesnt always determine how things are going to work out, but to be able to go in and feel good, Im happy with that," Halladay said. The Phillies are one win away from recording 100 in a season for only the third time in franchise history. They went 101-61 in both the 1976 and 1977 seasons. Cliff Lee hopes to get back on track when he toes the rubber for Philly tonight. Lee was dealt the loss in a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Nationals last Tuesday and allowed three runs -- two earned -- and 11 hits in seven innings for his first loss since July 25 versus San Diego. Lee had been 7-0 in nine starts before his latest appearance. The left-hander is 16-8 in 31 starts to go along with a 2.38 ERA, and is 2-3 in seven career starts against the Braves. He posted the sixth shutout of the season and 11th of his career versus Atlanta on Sept. 5 at Citizens Bank Park. Lee is 5-5 with a 3.03 ERA in 13 road starts. Philadelphia leads the season series with Atlanta by a 9-6 count and has won the last four meetings between the two clubs. St. Louis vs. Houston With a few more wins and some help from the Phillies, the St. Louis Cardinals can wrap up their eighth playoff appearance since the turn of the century. The Cardinals must take care of their own business, however, starting with tonights opener of a three-game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. They are only one game behind Atlanta for the top spot in the NL Wild Card standings and hope the Phillies can wipe the Braves out at Turner Field in their three-game series. St. Louis has won two straight and 14 of its last 18 games, and put the heat on Atlanta with Sundays 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs in the finale of a three-game set at Busch Stadium. Rafael Furcal and Yadier Molina both homered and finished with two hits, while Edwin Jackson threw seven innings of two-run ball in the no-decision. Octavio Dotel got the final two outs in the eighth for the win and Jason Motte struck out two in the ninth for his ninth save to keep the Cards in contention. "Thats the fun of it," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said of scoreboard watching. "They just cant get distracted. We all were, thats part of the fun." Jaime Garcia draws the start for La Russas club tonight and he sports a 13-7 mark with a 3.45 earned run average in 31 starts. Garcia is 3-0 in his previous four starts and gave up four unearned runs over 7 2/3 innings in Wednesdays 6-5 win over the Mets. Garcia, a left-hander, hasnt had much success against the Astros in his career, going 0-3 with a 5.91 ERA in four starts. Houston beat Garcia on July 28 in a 5-3 triumph at Busch Stadium and reached him for five runs -- four earned -- in six innings. Houston is only three games away from closing out one of the worst seasons in team history and has dropped seven of its last 11 games. It recorded a split of a four-game series versus Colorado and suffered an embarrassing 19-3 loss to the Rockies on Sunday afternoon. Lucas Harrell was dealt the loss and allowed five runs, three of which were earned, and seven hits in three innings. Aneury Rodriguez gave up four runs in two innings of relief and both Lance Pendleton and Xavier Cedeno were touched for five runs. "Luke got himself in trouble in that second inning when he didnt get an out on that comebacker. I think it really wasnt a double-play ball, but he tried to make it a double-play ball and the ball got away and we didnt get an out," Astros manager Brad Mills said when he commented on the Harrell error in the second inning. The Rockies had a 25-7 advantage in hits, while Chris Johnson finished with two hits and an RBI to highlight Houstons dreadful offense. Wandy Rodriguez gets the start for the Stros Monday night and he is 11-11 with a 3.51 ERA in 29 starts this season. He lost his most recent outing on Wednesday in a 2-0 loss at Cincinnati, as he yielded a pair of runs in seven innings of work. The lefty had won four of his past six decisions. Rodriguez has faced the Cardinals 19 times in his career (18 starts), going 6-11 with a 3.85 ERA in that stretch. He defeated the Cardinals the only time he faced them this season on July 28 in the Gateway City. St. Louis has won eight of 12 matchups with Houston this season.
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