Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 24-11 St. Louis Cardinals play host to the 22-14 Detroit Tigers today in MLB action on the grass of Busch Stadium, May 16, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 2:15PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Tigers -112/Cardinals +102
O/U Total: 7.5

Pitching Matchup
David Price (L) W/L 3-1 WHIP 1.23 ERA 3.30
Tyler Lyons (L) W/L 0-0 WHIP 1.50 ERA 4.82

Detroit defeated St. Louis 10-4 last night in their first game of a road trip. They are now 11-6 on the road in 2015. They are also 5-3 in their last 8 games. The Cardinals are 0-1 on their homestand and 2-4 in their last 6 games. They are now 14-4 at home this season.

The Tigers have a 6-3 lead in the series dating back to 2008.

Price received a no decision in his last start, a 6-5 win over Kansas City. He allowed 4 ERs in 6.1 innings and has 4 Q starts on the year. Detroit is 6-1 in his 7 starts.

Lyons also had a no decision in his last start, a 4-3 loss at Pittsburgh. He allowed 2 runs in 5 innings. It was his 2nd start of the year. He pitched mostly in relief in 2014.

2B Ian Kinsler is the only Detroit hitter to have faced Lyons before. He is 0-1 with a walk.

Four Cardinals hitters have faced Price before today. IF Mark Reynolds is 8-31 (.258) with 3 HRs and 6 RBIs off of the big left-hander. OF Jason Heyward is 2-6 (.333) with an RBI. OF Peter Bourjos and SS Jhonny Peralta have been baffled by Price and are 1-11 (.091) and 0-13 respectively.

Detroit at St. Louis Betting Trends

Detroit is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games on the road.
Detroit is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games against St. Louis
The game total has gone under in Detroit’s last 6 games.
The Cardinals are 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games at home against the Tigers
St. Louis is 14-3 straight up in their last 17 games at home.

Injury Report

DETROIT TIGERS
Alex Avila C 15-Day Disabled List
Joe Nathan P 60-Day Disabled List
Bruce Rondon P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Verlander P 15-Day Disabled List

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jaime Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Randal Grichuk OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jon Jay 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

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Detroit: 59%
St. Louis: 41%

Free MLB Pick

David Price has owned the Cardinal batters with the current roster hitting a lifetime .180 versus him and has been ultra-sharp on the road with a 1.71 ERA and is an even better 0.40 ERA in day starts. Tyler Lyons will be making his first start against the Tigers and will bring with him an unimpressive home ERA of 6.23 (1 start). Detroit has been killing lefties this season hitting .275 and putting up 5.63 runs per 9 innings versus them.

Take the Detroit Tigers -112‏