St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 23-18 New York Mets play host to the 27-13 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Citi Field, May 21, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Mets -112/Cardinals +102
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup

Jaime Garcia (L) First appearance in 2015
Jacob de Grom (R) W/L 4-4 WHIP 1.28 ERA 3.21

St. Louis blanked New York 9-0 last night. The Cardinals are 2-1 on their road trip and 5-4 in their last 9 games. The Mets are 3-3 on their current homestand and 3-7 in their last 10 games. They are 16-6 at home in 2015.

This makes the 1st start of the year for Garcia as he has recovered from injury.

deGrom was a 14-1 winner over Milwaukee in his last start. He went 6 innings, allowed 1 run and struck out 6. He has 5 Q starts on the year and has allowed 3 runs or less in 6 of his 8 starts.

Only 2 Cardinal hitters have more than 3 ABs vs. de Grom. 1B Mark Reynolds is 0-6 while OF Jason Heyward is 3-6 (.500) with 2 SBs. 1B Mike Adams, SS Jhonny Peralta and OF Matt Holliday are all 2-3 (.667) off of the young right-hander. No one has homered off of de Grom.

Three Mets hitters have faced Garcia in their careers. OF John Mayberry Jr. Is 6-13 (.462) with 4 RBIs and a SB. SS Ruben Tejada is 2-4 (.500) while 2B Daniel Murphy is 1-3 (.333).

New York at St. Louis Betting Trends

St. Louis is 15-7 straight up in their last 22 games.
The Cardinals are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games against the Mets
The game total has gone under in 7 of St. Louis’s last 9 games on the road in New York
The Mets are 18-6 straight up in their last 24 home games.
The game total has gone under in the last 7 of the Mets last 9 games at home against St. Louis.

Injury Report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jaime Garcia P 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

NEW YORK METS
Vic Black P 15-Day Disabled List
Jerry Blevins P 15-Day Disabled List
Buddy Carlyle P 15-Day Disabled List
Travis d’Arnaud C 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Edgin P 15-Day Disabled List
Dillon Gee P 15-Day Disabled List
Dilson Herrera 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Jenrry Mejia P 15-Day Disabled List
Bobby Parnell P 15-Day Disabled List
Cesar Puello OF 60-Day Disabled List
Zack Wheeler P 60-Day Disabled List
David Wright 3B 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
St. Louis: 49%
New York Mets: 51%

Free MLB Pick

It’s difficult to back the Mets in this spot after their pitching has been blown up for 19 runs in the last two against the Cardinals. St. Louis sends out Jaime Garcia to the mound to make his first start of the season after being on the disabled list. His historical stats against New York are poor with the roster having a career .419 batting average and a 1.003 OPS. The Mets go with Jacob deGrom who has been having a solid season with a 3.21 ERA that gets even better at home where he’s 4-1 with an impressive earned run average of 1.42. However, he hasn’t impressed against St. Louis whose batters have a .400 BA and a .938 OPS.

Take the OVER 7 -115‏