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On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchups.

St. Louis Cardinals (23-15) at Milwaukee Brewers (17-19) - 2:05 PM ET

Milwaukee, already known for its consumption of beer and brats, has been the Tums capital of America this weekend. First, Jason Isringhausen blew a save on Friday after having the Brewers at two outs and nobody on in the ninth inning ... which led to Jason being demoted from the closers role. Then the very next day, there was Eric Gagne blowing yet another save, which was Gagne's ... oh I've lost count this season, how many blown saves is that? Gotta be between 50 and 80 (actually, he only blew a tie game in the ninth, but Gagne did get the loss). And that led Gagne to muse that maybe he should go the same path as Isringhausen. So can anybody here close today's game? Hey, at least extra innings will be fun.

Arizona Diamondbacks (23-14) at Chicago Cubs (21-15) - 2:20 PM ET

During last season's NLDS, Lou Piniella famously pulled Carlos Zambrano after six innings after striking out eight and giving up only one run during the 1-1 tie in an effort to save him for a possible Game 4. Instead, the Cubs were swept by Arizona, and the only Diamondback game that Piniella could now save Zambrano (5-1, 1.80) for takes place today, as he goes against Randy Johnson (2-1, 5.06) in a matchup that'll make Diamondback announcer Mark Grace yell "gas!" about 100 times during the game. If that's your idea of fun, then this is the game you want to flip to.

Chicago White Sox (18-17) at Seattle Mariners (14-24) - 4:10 PM ET

All right, I see Ozzie Guillen steaming in the corner thinking "oh great ... mention the Cubs in the On Deck while Chicago's b**** gets the shaft again". Not so, Ozzie, because your team is tied for first place after winning four of your last five, so you make the cut. Some may say this latest hot streak was spurred on by some plastic sex dolls. But it really started with Gavin Floyd's near no-hitter on Tuesday. In any event, the Sox are hot, so you'll want to find out what Floyd will do for an encore ... or what nutty, kooky thing Guillen will say next.. As for Seattle, they're surprisingly terrible ... and not surprisingly frustrated. And they'll be without Richie Sexson, currently serving a five game suspension for his frustration.

Everyone else:

• Blue Jays at Indians 1:05 ET
• Yankees at Tigers 1:05 ET
• Reds at Mets 1:10 ET
• Braves at Pirates 1:35 ET
• Marlins at Nationals 1:35 ET
• Angels at Rays 1:40 ET
• Orioles at Royals 2:10 ET
• Athletics at Rangers 3:05 ET
• Rockies at Padres 4:05 ET
• Phillies at Giants 4:05 ET
• Astros at Dodgers 4:10 ET
• Red Sox at Twins 8:05 ET