New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Mets +230 / Cardinals -250 O/U 8 runs
Time: 8:05 PM EST Sunday April 18, 2010 on ESPN
Tonight in a NL match up on national TV the St. Louis Cardinals host the New York Mets. The Cardinals are in 1st place in the NL Central, are coming off a loss, and are 6-4 in their last 10 games. The Mets are in the basement of the NL East, are coming off a win, but are only 3-7 in their last 10 games.
The Mets beat the Cardinals in last night's game 2-1 in a 20-inning marathon.
This is the last game of a 3 game series, as the series is tied at a game apiece.
This season the Cardinals are 3-2 at home and the Mets are 2-3 on the road.
Tonight's pitching match up is between a pitcher that has begun this season on fire and one that has struggled out of the gates. Taking the mound for the Cardinals is Adam Wainwright (2-0 1.20 ERA), who was stellar in his last outing giving up 0 earned runs in 8 innings in a win. Taking the hill for the Mets is John Maine (0-1 13.50 ERA), who was far from stellar in his last outing giving up 8 runs in only 3 innings of work for the loss.
Wainwright has been en fuego so far this season only allowing 2 runs and striking out 15 in 13 innings. On the other side of the dugout Maine has given up 12 runs in 8 innings over his 2 starts.
Maine has not had much success in St Louis recently, as he is 1-2 with an ERA of 6.23 ERA against the Cardinals and allowed 10 runs in 9 2/3 innings while losing his last 2 starts at Busch Stadium.
The Mets pitching, well besides Maine, has been decent so far this season, but their offense has struggled scoring the fewest runs in the NL East and the 3rd fewest in the NL.
New York's Jeff Francoeur, who ranks 5th in the NL in batting average (.381), is the only Mets player that is having a decent season at the plate. Their big off-season acquisition Jason Bay, who led the Red Sox last season in HR's, is only hitting .222 with 0 HR's and 2 RBI's.
Reigning MVP Albert Pujols has started this season right where he left off, as he ranks 2nd in the NL in HR's (5) and 2nd in RBI's (15).
Betting Trends
New York is 2-5 in their last 7 games, 1-4 in their last 5 games against a right-handed starter, and have an Under record of 5-2 in their last 7 games.
St. Louis is 5-2 in their last 7 games vs. a right-handed starter and has an Under record of 5-0 in their last 5 games.
Dating back to last season the Mets are 0-5 in the last 5 road starts by Maine and the Cardinals are 8-1 in Wainwright's last 9 starts against teams with a losing record.
Our Selection : The Cardinals have struggled to put runs on the board over their L6 with a combined 13 runs scored. However, they have the much superior starter in tonight's game and the Mets don't have many arms in the bullpen after yesterday's 20 inning marathon. Take the Cards -1.5 runs -110 at 5Dimes.
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