I don't know about the Cards, both the Cards and Dodgers have been playing like straight horseshit lately. Cards' pitchers have shown that they can be touched during the last few weeks.
Dodgers have played with no heart but when they're on they are dangerous. The problem with Dodgers, as weird as it seems to say, IMO, is Manny Ramirez. The team played with way more heart and way better without Manny. Without Manny they were more like the Angels where their bats were live and they would always fight and crawl in every game and no lead was safe against them. Post manny they just play like pussies. Maybe they rally now, I don't know.