Cardinals Are Rolling on a 6-Game Win Streak and the Dodgers' Bats Still Can't Wake Up

St. Louis is heading into Sunday's series finale feeling dangerous. The Cardinals just beat the Dodgers 3-2 on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to six straight games, and they're sitting pretty at 20-13, which is a season-best seven games over .500. Meanwhile, Los Angeles is in freefall. The Dodgers have lost four straight and their offense has completely disappeared. This matchup is going to tell you everything about where both teams stand right now.

May's Homecoming and the Cardinals' Momentum

Dustin May takes the mound for St. Louis on Sunday, and here's the thing that makes this interesting: he's facing his former team for the first time. May spent five-plus seasons with the Dodgers before joining the Cardinals, and he's been solid lately. In his last four starts, he's allowed two earned runs or fewer, posting a 3-0 record in those games. Last Monday against Pittsburgh, he gave up two runs over six innings in a no-decision. May is currently 3-2 with a 5.28 ERA on the season.

Michael McGreevy was dominant on Saturday, throwing six scoreless innings to pick up the win. After the game, McGreevy spoke about the team's mindset: "We're going to give you hell when you play us. There were a ton of expectations put on us in the offseason, and it's been so freeing for the guys just to be able to show up and play." Jordan Walker is backing up that confidence with his bat. He hit his 10th home run of the season Saturday and is 6-for-8 with four RBIs through the first two games of this series. When asked about his hot start, Walker said: "It just feels nice that the work that I put in during the offseason is showing up here. Now the main focus is just keeping it consistent, and it feels like I know what it feels like, so when I get off track, just get back on."

The Dodgers Are Stuck in a Funk

Los Angeles has been brutal at the plate. They've gone five straight games without hitting a home run and have only three homers in their last 11 games total. In Saturday's loss, they hit into four double plays. The numbers are getting harder to ignore: the Dodgers have been held to two runs or fewer in six of their last 11 games.

Center fielder Andy Pages was supposed to be a difference maker after tearing it up early in the season, but he's gone ice cold. He's got just eight hits in his last 38 at-bats and struck out twice on Saturday. "Just trying to focus on what I can do, not focus so much on the whole," Pages said through an interpreter. "Just focus on taking good at-bats, doing good turns, not really trying to get too ahead of myself. Baseball is really hard. So offensively, there's gonna be times where we're not clicking, and that's one of those times right now."

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is staying composed about the rough stretch. "It's what every team is going to go through in baseball throughout the course of a season," he said after Saturday's loss. Justin Wrobleski will try to keep the Dodgers' season from completely derailing. The left-hander is 4-0 with a 1.50 ERA and won his fourth straight start last Sunday with a 6-0 home win over the Cubs, allowing four hits over six innings.

Sunday's Stakes

The Cardinals smell blood in the water. A sweep would be huge for St. Louis' confidence, while the Dodgers desperately need a win to stop the bleeding and get their bats going again before this four-game losing streak becomes something worse.

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