Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 12-5 St. Louis Cardinals play host to the 7-12 Philadelphia Phillies tonight in game 1 of a 4 series on the grass of Busch Stadium April 27, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:15PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals -148/Phillies +138
O/U Total: 6.5
Pitching Matchup
Cole Hamels (L) 0-2 3.75 ERA
John Lackey (R) 1-0 4.34 ERA
Philadelphia hopes to reverse their road woes of 2015 in this matchup. They are 1-6 SU on the road and 4-6 SU over their last 10 games. Hamels has a WHIP of 1.21 so he has done a good job of limiting baserunners.
St. Louis is cruising along with a 12-5 record, with an impressive home mark of 5-1 SU. They have been tough at home and on the road as they are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games. Lackey has a great WHIP of 1.12 so far in 2015.
Phillies 1B Ryan Howard is the only player to homer off of Lackey but he has hit two of them. 2B Chase Utley has a .286 BA against Lackey while most of his teammates have limited exposure to the big right-hander.
Cardinals SS Jhonny Peralta has a BA of .375 vs. Hamels while IF Mark Reynolds has hit two homers off of Hamels.
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Philadelphia at St. Louis Betting Trends
The Phillies are 1-7 straight up in their last 8 road games
The game total has gone under in 4 of Phillies last 5 games on the road in St. Louis
Philadelphia is 2-6 straight up in their last 8 games on the road in St. Louis
The Cardinals are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 home games
The total has gone under in 4 of the Cardinals last 5 home games.
Injury Report
PHILADELPHIA
Chad Billingsley P 15-Day Disabled List
Domonic Brown OF 15-Day Disabled List
Mario Hollands P 60-Day Disabled List
Cliff Lee P 60-Day Disabled List
Sean O’Sullivan P 15-Day Disabled List
Jonathan Pettibone P 15-Day Disabled List
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jaime Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Randal Grichuk OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Heyward OF Day-to-Day (groin)
Yadier Molina C Day-to-Day (knee)
Thomas Pham OF 15-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Moneyline Bets)
Philadelphia: 29%
St. Louis: 71%
Free MLB Pick
Phillies starter has some solid pitching stats at home this season unfortunately that can be said of his road numbers. Cardinals starter John Lackey was sharp in his only start at home pitching 7 scoreless against the Brew Crew. He’s lost two of his last three against Philadelphia but has pitched well enough to win all of them. Our first take was a play on the under but the 6.5 line was too low for our liking even though we believe that the Phillies could get blanked here.
Take the St. Louis Cardinals -1.5 +150
