If San Diego is going to earn a split in this four-game series with the Astros, they will have to beat Houston lefty Wandy Rodriguez in the getaway game Thursday afternoon.  Kevin Correia will counter on the mound for the Padres.

Three games going off just after eight o'clock tonight pique my interest, capped by a Randy Johnson, Chris Carpenter hook up in St. Louis when the Giants meet the Cardinals.

Interleague play is done as MLB returns to normal this week. First up for the Blue Jays are the Tampa Bay Rays in a key AL East series at Toronto to open lucky Week 13 of the season.

Mother Nature didn't cooperate with the PGA this past weekend, and there's a good chance she won't cooperate with the Cardinals and Mets this week at Citi Field.

Both of the LA teams enter this weekend on good runs, with the Angels coming off sweeps of the Padres and Giants and the Dodgers winners of four of their last five.