Cardinals (2) @ Dodgers (1)

There aren't many things more frustrating than watching a team struggling to score runs. The Dodgers are there right now, losers of seven of their last eight games with just 14 runs during that span.

Whatever the answer is to the Dodgers' problems, they have yet to find it. The offense continued to struggle on Thursday in a 2-1 loss to the Cardinals that dropped Los Angeles two games behind St. Louis for the second wild card in the NL

As the Dodgers prepare to open a four-game series with the Cardinals, a trio of sidelined pitchers are trying to make their way back. Here is an update on the progress of Kenley Jansen, Scott Elbert, and Ted Lilly.

A preview of the Cardinals vs. Dodgers series, which features two slumping offenses and a slumping rotation.

As the Dodgers open a four-game series Thursday night against the Cardinals, two teams battling for a second wild card that nobody seems to want. The middle of the order has been struggling mightily of late

Here is a quick snapshot of the bedraggled Cardinals as they move in for a key four game series against the Dodgers.