Trio: Today's Afternoon Games

Forget what you're doing this afternoon, there's baseball on! Three games, summarized below. Fun times, eh? Cardinals at Mets, 12:10 p.m. The Cardinals attempt to build on last night's come-from-behind win, which kept them in a virtual tie for first in the NL Central. Kyle Lohse goes for St. Louis against Jonathon Niese, who was born in 1986 and has started four games this year for the injury-depleted Metropolitans. Drew will be liveglogging this one for you. Yay! Giants at Astros, 2:05 p.m. San Francisco routed Houston, 8-1, yesterday, to remain a half-game back of Colorado in the NL Wild Card race. The Astros fell to a game below .500 but I think still has people believing they're a WC team. Joe Martinez, hit in the head with a line drive in April, returns to the big leagues today after posting a 2.93 ERA in the minors in five starts. Houston counters with Brian Moehler. Braves at Padres, 3:35 p.m. Atlanta moved a game above .500 with a 9-2 win yesterday over ...