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7:05 pm EDT Wed May 5, 2010

The Philadelphia Phillies announced earlier this week that Kyle Kendrick will stay in the rotation despite struggling mightily in four of his five starts. Facing the St. Louis Cardinals might give him a good chance to make that decision look like a wise one. Kendrick looks to shake off his early issues and improve to 4-0 against the Cardinals on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park as the two NL division leaders continue their four-games series. Kendrick has one outstanding start to his credit, pitching eight shutout innings at Atlanta on April 20, but his other four have been rather forgettable. The right-hander has an 11.49 ERA in those games, yielding six homers in 15 2-3 innings. He gave up four runs on three homers over five innings Friday in a 9-1 loss to the New York Mets, but on Sunday, manager Charlie Manuel and pitching coach Rich Dubee said they don’t plan to remove Kendrick from the rotation.

Keeping him in to face the Cardinals might prove to be a good move. Kendrick is 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA in three career starts versus St. Louis - none since June 2008 - and he’s 9-2 lifetime against the NL Central leaders. Matt Holliday, Ryan Ludwick and Albert Pujols are a combined 3 for 22 against Kendrick, though Holliday and Ludwick have taken him deep. It was an extra-inning homer that ended Tuesday’s pitcher’s duel and allowed Philadelphia to even the series at one. After a fan ran on the Citizens Bank Park field for a second straight game and St. Louis tied the score at 1-all in the ninth, Carlos Ruiz’s leadoff blast in the bottom of the 10th gave the Phillies a 2-1 win. Philadelphia was held to four hits over eight innings against Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright, who delivered the rotation’s 13th consecutive quality start and extended the starting staff’s streak without allowing a homer to 21 games spanning 143 2-3 innings.