NL West-leading D'backs host upstart Cardinals

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09/07/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have reclaimed the top spot in the National League West. Now they will try to stay there, as the club begins a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals tonight at Chase Field.

The Diamondbacks took two of three over the Padres to move a game in front of San Diego in the NL West standings. They won the finale of the set, 9-6, on Wednesday.

Miguel Montero hit a pair of home runs and Conor Jackson added a two-run blast in the victory, which was helped along by Chris Young's three-run double in the fifth inning.

Livan Hernandez (10-9) yielded five runs over five frames, but the bullpen came to his rescue, allowing just one run over the remaining four innings.

Brandon Webb will try to halt a personal two-start losing streak tonight for Arizona that has seen him allow 10 runs over 12 1/3 innings. He lost to the Padres on August 28 and then yielded four runs over seven innings on Sunday against the Rockies.

Webb is now 14-10 on the year with a 2.91 earned run average. He had won six straight outings before his recent skid. The right-hander is 1-4 with a 4.67 ERA in six career starts against St. Louis.

Second baseman Orlando Hudson is questionable for tonight's game against St. Louis because of a sprained left thumb.

The Cardinals come into this series on a winning note after pounding the Pirates, 16-4, on Thursday in a rain-interrupted finale of a four-game series at Busch Stadium.

Rick Ankiel led the charge with two homers and a career-high seven runs batted in, as the Cardinals crawled to within a game of both Milwaukee and Chicago for the top spot in the NL Central.

However, Ankiel stayed in the headlines for the wrong reasons, as he reportedly received shipments of human growth hormone from a Florida pharmacy in 2004.

According to the New York Daily News, Ankiel received eight shipments of HGH from Signature Pharmacy in Orlando from January to December 2004. The Orlando pharmacy is the center of the investigation of illegal internet prescription drug sales by the Albany, New York district attorney's office.

Adam Wainwright will try to win his fourth straight decision when he takes the hill for the Cardinals tonight. Wainwright, who is 6-2 with a 2.43 ERA in his last 10 starts, has won two straight outings, including Saturday against the Reds when he allowed just two runs (one earned) and six hits over 5 2/3 innings.

The victory lifted the right-hander's record to 13-9 this year with a 3.78 ERA. He has won his last four road decisions while pitching to a 1.59 ERA in that span.

Wainwright recorded a win over Arizona on July 5 and is 1-1 in four games (one start) in his career against them with a 3.86 ERA.

The Cardinals won three of four against the Diamondbacks when the clubs met in St. Louis in early July. Arizona won four of seven versus the club last year.

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