The St. Louis Cardinals will host the San Francisco Giants in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium on Thursday. (Photo courtesy flickr)

By Eric Stock

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals will host Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night with an opportunity to take a 3-games-to-1 series lead.

The Cardinals held on for a 3-1 win in Game 3 in a contest which included a near three-and-a-half hour rain delay at Busch Stadium.

In Game 4, Adam Wainwright, who was 14-13 during the year, will go for the Cardinals against Tim Lincecum, who was 10-15 in the regular season and had been pulled from the starting rotation at the start of the playoffs.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. The game can be heard on WJBC 1230 AM and 93.7 after the Brock Spack Show.

Illinois State football coach Brock Spack will join WJBC's Dick Luedke and Ted Schmitz at Schooners at 6 p.m. Thursday. Spack will preview this Saturday's game against Missouri State at Hancock Stadium.

The Brock Spack Show is presented by Country Financial representatives Steve Peterson and Melissa Isenburg, ISU Credit Union and Miller Lite.

You can hear the show on WJBC 1230 AM, 93.7 FM, iHeartRadio and here on www.wjbc.com.

Eric Stock can be reached at eric.stock@cumulus.com.