As the No. 1 MLB capper currently, I feel an obligation to pick the lone afternoon game even though I only "like" it and am a Cubs fan -- there's also the fact a tropical storm is on the way to my house so it might be my lone pick for a while. No Willson Contreras for the Cubbies and that's big because he has been raking during an eight-game hitting streak and is also a terrific defender behind the plate in terms of throwing out potential base-stealers. Shortstop Nico Hoerner also is sitting. Chicago used a couple of its top relievers in Thursday's victory over the Cards so they may be unavailable. Good-looking rookie Nolan Gorman (.387) is back in the lineup for St. Louis. Miles Mikolas was roughed up last time out but has a 1.54 ERA in four road starts.