Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced Friday Chris Carpenter will start game two of the NLDS on short rest, bumping originally scheduled starter Edwin Jackson to game four. Kyle Lohse will still take the ball in game one, while Jaime Garcia will start in game three, but La Russa has wisely decided it would be best to get his ace on the mound as soon as possible. Rather amazingly, it will be Carpenter's first career start on fewer than four days rest. The move also means the Cardinals could start Carpenter in a potential game five on full rest. Carpenter threw eight shutout innings in Philadelphia against a Phillies team that had already locked up a playoff spot on September 18, but the circumstances will obviously be much different this time around. He'll be opposed by Cliff Lee, who did not face the Cardinals during their four-game swing through Citizens Bank Park two weeks ago.