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MLB Betting: St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
Chris Carpenter is 9-0 in his last 10 starting assignments vs. Cincinnati.
A 3-game series in the NL Central between the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds comes to a conclusion on Sunday. The contest between the top two teams in their division will be played at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati at 10:10 a.m. (PT).
The Reds opened up as bigger favorites in the series on the Don Best odds screen, but the gap was narrowed to Cincinnati at -115 and St. Louis at -105. In this game, the Cardinals are a 120 favorite with the run total set at 8½.
This matchup features two of the best offenses in baseball and a starting pitcher rematch form their last series on April 23.
With these two clubs, let’s talk hitting first.
The Cards are leading the majors in both batting average and on base percentage. The Reds are certainly no slouch, though. They are top five in each of those categories as well home runs. These high-powered offenses don’t stop there, either. St. Louis and Cincinnati are number one and two in runs and RBI, respectively.
For the Cardinals, it isn’t all about Albert Pujols (7HR, .273). Matt Holiday is killing it out there batting just under .400 and Lance Berkman has found the fountain of youth with 10 homers and 33 RBI.
As for Cincinnati, Joey Votto is following up his MVP season quite nicely so far. The Reds first baseman is batting well over .300 and has more than 20 RBI so far.
Back in April when these teams met, Travis Wood (2-3, 5.28 ERA) started for the Reds and Chris Carpenter (1-2, 4.32 ERA) for the Cards. Wood gave up eight hits and three earned runs in 6.1 innings in a no decision. Carpenter, also in a no decision, surrendered just two hits and two earned runs in six.
In that sixth inning, each team’s star first baseman came up big. First, Votto hit a two-run shot off of Carpenter to tie the game at 2-2. Then in the bottom half, Pujols put the Cards up 3-2 with a home run of his own. The Reds won the game however, 5-3.
Both starters are coming off of wins in their last start. Carpenter had still been looking for his first win of the season when St. Louis beat the Cubs 6-4 on Tuesday. He even gave up 13 hits in that game. The team is 2-6 in his starts (2-2 on the road) and he has yet to really get on track this season. If you take out a one bad game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 12, his ERA is 3.13.
Wood and Carpenter are both starting where their numbers are worse. Wood is 1-2 with a 7.32 ERA at home as opposed to 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA on the road. Carpenter’s ERA is over two runs worse on the road versus his at home.
Since April 26, the ‘over’ is 13-4 for St. Louis. The ‘over’ is also 5-0 in Chris Carpenter’s last five road starts against the Reds.
The forecast looks to be about 58 degrees with a chance of a thunderstorm when the action takes place. Tim Welke will be handling the plate for the game, bringing a 5-3 'over' record into the contest along with a 6-2 advantage for vistors, including 3-0 when the visiting squad is carrying the chalk line.
Chris Carpenter is 9-0 in his last 10 starting assignments vs. Cincinnati.
A 3-game series in the NL Central between the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds comes to a conclusion on Sunday. The contest between the top two teams in their division will be played at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati at 10:10 a.m. (PT).
The Reds opened up as bigger favorites in the series on the Don Best odds screen, but the gap was narrowed to Cincinnati at -115 and St. Louis at -105. In this game, the Cardinals are a 120 favorite with the run total set at 8½.
This matchup features two of the best offenses in baseball and a starting pitcher rematch form their last series on April 23.
With these two clubs, let’s talk hitting first.
The Cards are leading the majors in both batting average and on base percentage. The Reds are certainly no slouch, though. They are top five in each of those categories as well home runs. These high-powered offenses don’t stop there, either. St. Louis and Cincinnati are number one and two in runs and RBI, respectively.
For the Cardinals, it isn’t all about Albert Pujols (7HR, .273). Matt Holiday is killing it out there batting just under .400 and Lance Berkman has found the fountain of youth with 10 homers and 33 RBI.
As for Cincinnati, Joey Votto is following up his MVP season quite nicely so far. The Reds first baseman is batting well over .300 and has more than 20 RBI so far.
Back in April when these teams met, Travis Wood (2-3, 5.28 ERA) started for the Reds and Chris Carpenter (1-2, 4.32 ERA) for the Cards. Wood gave up eight hits and three earned runs in 6.1 innings in a no decision. Carpenter, also in a no decision, surrendered just two hits and two earned runs in six.
In that sixth inning, each team’s star first baseman came up big. First, Votto hit a two-run shot off of Carpenter to tie the game at 2-2. Then in the bottom half, Pujols put the Cards up 3-2 with a home run of his own. The Reds won the game however, 5-3.
Both starters are coming off of wins in their last start. Carpenter had still been looking for his first win of the season when St. Louis beat the Cubs 6-4 on Tuesday. He even gave up 13 hits in that game. The team is 2-6 in his starts (2-2 on the road) and he has yet to really get on track this season. If you take out a one bad game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 12, his ERA is 3.13.
Wood and Carpenter are both starting where their numbers are worse. Wood is 1-2 with a 7.32 ERA at home as opposed to 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA on the road. Carpenter’s ERA is over two runs worse on the road versus his at home.
Since April 26, the ‘over’ is 13-4 for St. Louis. The ‘over’ is also 5-0 in Chris Carpenter’s last five road starts against the Reds.
The forecast looks to be about 58 degrees with a chance of a thunderstorm when the action takes place. Tim Welke will be handling the plate for the game, bringing a 5-3 'over' record into the contest along with a 6-2 advantage for vistors, including 3-0 when the visiting squad is carrying the chalk line.
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