Game Picks - Friday: October 7, 2011

As Ken Harrelson would say to the Yankees, "She gone." One fifth game is decided and the Tigers will face the Texas Rangers for the American League Championship. Today we get to decide what two teams will represent the National League in their league championship. We will surely know by the end of today.

This writer's internet is really acting up, so this will all seem a bit rushed. But for the sake of making sure the picks get out there, here we go.

The picks:

• The Cardinals over the Phillies: Chris Carpenter will come up huge today. Roy Halladay is terrific but not unbeatable. He will give up a couple of runs to the middle of the Cardinal line up and that will be the ball game.
• The Diamondbacks over the Brewers: The Diamondbacks will stun the hometown Brewers as Ian Kennedy has a better game this time and Kirk Gibson pulls off another miracle.

Them's the picks. We'll see what happens.