Cardinals turn to Jordan Montgomery vs. White Sox

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Opposing hitters' optimism often plunges when St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Jordan Montgomery commands a certain pitch.

Montgomery is 4-1 with a 1.66 ERA in his past seven starts, a run he hopes to extend during Friday's visit to the Chicago White Sox behind the mastery of a nasty slider.

"Not only the movement of the pitch, but it's coming from a big body and it's coming do