I'm playing on Chicago/St. Louis UNDER the total. We should see some quality pitching in this one. Hendricks gets it done nearly every time out. He's got a 1.96 ERA his past three starts, all of them quality. In fact, 11 of his last 12 starts have been on the 'quality' variety. That's three earned runs or less and six complete innings or more. The only one of those 12 that wasn't a quality start still saw him go six complete. He allowed just four earned runs in that one. So, not terrible. Not that Hendricks hasn't allowed a HR in any of his past three starts and only one in his past six. Wainwright had a rare 'off' day last time out. However, just like with Hendricks, an off-day wasn't that bad. He still only allowed five hits and he still went six complete, striking out seven. He just happened to allow four earned runs. In fairness, he was facing the same opponent (SF) for the second straight time. Prior to that, Wainwright had allowed three or fewer earned runs in seven straight starts. Last time Wainwright saw Chicago, he allowed only one hit through eight complete (shutout) innings. The fnal score of that 5/23 game was 2-1. Look for another low-scoring affair.