Three weeks to go.

With three weeks to go, Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals are at .500, and only one game out of first place in the National League Central. They are chasing two teams, the Chicago Cubs, and the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cardinals will be taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight(Saturday), and Sunday. Then they will travel to Chicago for one game on Monday, before heading to Cincinnati for three, before taking on the Cubs again for four over the weekend(double header on Saturday). Our guess here at APC is that by next Sunday, September 16th, but the end of the night we will have a pretty good idea of whether or not the Cardinals will be playing October Baseball.

First things first, the Cardinals need wins. Tonight they face Diamondbacks youngster Micah Owings, as Braden Looper goes for the Cardinals. Albert has never faced Owings in his career. Tomorrow, the Cardinals will face Doug Davis, Albert is 0 for 3 on the season, and 8-26, with a .308BA, with 2 homeruns and 8 rbi’s against Davis. On Monday, Albert and the Cardinals face Cubs lefty Ted Lilly. We will have a detailed report on that guy on Monday. For now, go Albert, go Cardinals, need some wins over the Diamondbacks!