Jose Quintana has had three rough outings in his first five starts, but last Saturday wasn't one of them as he rolled through seven shutout innings in a 3-0 win over Milwaukee, yielding just two hits and a walk while fanning seven.
In four career outings against St. Louis, Quintana is 3-0 with a 3.13 earned-run average, winning two starts last year when he was acquired from the White Sox at the All-Star break.
Chicago (16-12) has lost consecutive games after a five-game winning streak, dropping an 11-2 decision to Colorado Wednesday. The Cubs have managed just 16 runs over their last eight games but permitted only four runs during their winning streak.
They'll be put to the test this weekend when they head to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals.
Miles Mikolas is 3-0 with a 3.27 ERA in his first five starts with the club after spending the last three years in Japan. Mikolas would be 4-0, except the bullpen hacked up a 5-2 lead after he left his last start on April 27 in Pittsburgh.
Mikolas, who will make his first career start against Chicago, has lasted seven innings in three consecutive outings. In 33 innings, Mikolas has walked just two and fanned 27.
Tyler Chatwood gets the ball Saturday for Chicago opposite Luke Weaver for St. Louis. The series concludes on Sunday night baseball on ESPN. St. Louis has not announced a starter for the game while Chicago will send Jon Lester to the hill.
