ST. LOUIS – Giants manager Bruce Bochy expects Marco Scutaro to be on his lineup card for Game 3 of the NL championship series tonight, 2 days after St. Louis slugger Matt Holliday plowed into the San Francisco second baseman.

“I think so. It feels much better,” Scutaro said of his sore left leg after participating in a workout at Busch Stadium on Tuesday. “I thought it was going to be worse. Normally, the next day is when you feel it the most.”

Neither seemed too interested in any talk of retaliation when the best-of-seven series resumes at Busch Stadium today, with the Giants and Cardinals tied at one game apiece.