St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 14-16 Pittsburgh Pirates play host to the 22-8 St. Louis Cardinals in this 3rd of a 3 game series on the grass at PNC Park, May 10, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Pirates -117/Cardinals +107
O/U Total: 7.5

The Pittsburgh Pirates best the St. Louis Cardinals for the first time in eight games getting the 7-5 victory to even the weekend series at 1-1. The Pirates got to Carlos Martinez for 7 runs in 5 1/3 innings to tag him with his first loss on the season. Jordy Mercer (.191 BA) was the unlikely hero on the day with a 3-run double. Starter Vance Worley struggled allowing 5 runs in 5 innings, but the bullpen came in and pitched four scoreless innings allowing 1 hit to secure the victory.

Two left-handers will start in the rubber match today and both come into this game with bloated ERAs. Tyler Lyons has made just one start this season at home taking on the Cubs and it was horrible 4 1/3 innings with 4 runs (3 earned) and 7 strikeouts. He may be able to improve on that today. Jeff Locke gets the ball for the Pirates and he hasn’t been on top of his game his last three starts after starting the season with back to back Q starts. Over the last 3 he has allowed 13 runs on 22 hits over 15 2/3 innings and will look to regroup here.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have limited at bats versus Tyler Lyons (43) and have hit only .233 but do have OK power numbers against him with two doubles, 2 triples and 1 home run. Josh Hamilton has hit for the highest average going 5 for 8 and Andrew McCutchen has done the most damage with 4 RBIs in 7 ABS.
Jeff Locke has done well against the current Cardinals’ line-up with the players hitting a feeble .222 and a .296 slugging percentage. Matt Holiday has had the most success against the left hander hitting .417 with 4 runs batted in in 12 at bats.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh Betting Trends

The Cardinals are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 road games.
St. Louis is 7-1 straight up in their last 8 games against Pittsburgh
The game total has gone under in 4 of the Cardinals last 6 games against Pittsburgh.
The Pirates are 2-6 straight up in their last 8 games.
Pittsburgh is 1-7 straight up in their last 8 games against St. Louis
The game total has gone over in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 home games.

Injury Report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jaime Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Randal Grichuk OF 15-Day Disabled List
Thomas Pham OF 60-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 15-Day Disabled List

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Brandon Cumpton P 15-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 15-Day Disabled List
Charlie Morton P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Sellers 2B 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
St. Louis: 58%
Pittsburgh: 42%

Free MLB Pick

There are some good things to like about Locke in this spot today but we prefer the road team Cardinals that have been hitting everyone lately. We expect Tyler Lyons to improve in his second start of the season and we sure like the idea of backing the hot team getting plus money.

Take the St. Louis Cardinals +107‏