By R.B. FALLSTROM
AP Sports Writer
Associated Press Sports
updated 5:09 p.m. ET Oct. 16, 2012
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Kyle Lohse is all about efficiency, about avoiding extended at-bats and letting the hitters get themselves out.
The St. Louis Cardinals are in a spot where they could really use that kind of game. The 16-game winner can pitch his team to the lead Wednesday, with the NL championship series against the San Francisco Giants tied 1-1.
St. Louis has gone three straight games without a starter getting an out in the fifth inning. Lohse gets a chance to end that troubling trend when he faces Matt Cain in a matchup of 16-game winners.
The game carries more of the usual Game 3 buzz due to the uncertainty of Marco Scutaro's availabilty after getting rammed by Matt Holliday while busting up a double play on Monday night. A person with knowledge of the injury told the Associated Press that Scutaro strained his left hip.
The Giants were due to arrive from the West Coast later Tuesday.
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