Kyle Lohse was an unlikely source of stability for the St. Louis Cardinals rotation this season, posting a 16-3 record with a 2.86 ERA over 33 starts for a team that suffered with struggles and injuries from Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter. Now, as the Cardinals try to avoid a collapse after taking a 3-1 series lead, Lohse arguably represents the team's greatest reason for confidence as it enters Monday's NLCS Game 7 against the San Francisco Giants. No, the 34-year-old veteran righthander doesn't carry a "ace" label or have a perfect game on his resume like his pitching opponent Matt Cain. Nor does Lohse wield a household name or spots on many fantasy keeper league lists like his opponent. But as Dave Cameron on Fangraphs writes , Lohse has actually been doing an excellent impression of Cain the past couple years, an outlier pitcher whose continued success has defied common thought in sabrmetric circles. Also, in this time, place and small sample size, Lohse has actually been performing better than the Giants pitcher. He is 2-0 in three starts this postseason, posting a 1.96 ERA with 13 strikeouts and seven walks over 18 1/3 innings pitched. That record includes a victory in...