Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 31-16 St. Louis Cardinals play host to the 28-18 Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in MLB action on the grass of Busch Stadium, May 29, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:15PM EST.

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

Pitching Matchup
Michael Bolsinger (R) W/L 3-0 WHIP .079 ERA 0.71
John Lackey (R) W/L 2-3 WHIP 1.18 ERA 3-18

Both of these teams were idle on Thursday. This is the Dodgers first game of their road trip. They are coming off a 4-2 homestand. The Cardinals are 3-0 on their homestand and 6-3 in their past 9 games. They are also 18-5 at home in 2015.

This marks the first time these two teams have met this year. St. Louis has a 5-2 edge in the past 7 games of the series.

Bolsinger was a 2-0 winner over San Diego in his last start. He went 8 innings and struck out 8 hitters for his 2nd Q start of the year. In all four of his starts, he has gone at least 5.2 innings and allowed 1 ER or less.

Lackey was a 3-2 loser at Kansas City in his last outing. He went 5 innings, surrendered 3 runs and fanned 5. He does have 5 Q starts on the season.

LA 1B Adrian Gonzalez is 6-17 (.353) with 4 RBIs vs. Lackey but most of his teammates have struggled vs. the veteran right-hander. SS Jimmy Rollins, 2B Howie Kendrick and OF Andre Ethier are a combined 9-45 (.200) against Lackey and no one on the roster has ever taken him deep.

Only two Cardinals hitters have faced Bolsinger before. OF Jason Heyward is 1-2 with a walk and an RBI while 1B Mark Reynolds is 1-6 (.167) vs. the young right-hander.

Los Angeles at St. Louis Betting Trends

The Dodgers are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
Los Angeles are 2-5 in their last 7 games against St. Louis
The game total has gone under in 4 of Los Angeles’s last 5 games on the road in St. Louis
The Cardinals are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
St. Louis is 18-4 straight up in their last 22 games at home.

Injury Report

LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Pedro Baez P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Beachy P 60-Day Disabled List
Carl Crawford OF 15-Day Disabled List
Yasmani Grandal C 7-Day Disabled List
Brandon League P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon McCarthy P 60-Day Disabled List
Joel Peralta P 15-Day Disabled List
Yasiel Puig OF 15-Day Disabled List
Hyun-Jin Ryu P 60-Day Disabled List

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 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)
Los Angeles: 35%
St. Louis: 64%

Free MLB Selection

Dodgers’ starter Michael Bolsinger has sure looked good in his 4 starts this season with a scintillating 0.71 ERA. John Lackey has started four games at home this recording a Q start in all four with a 1.63 ERA. Lackey’s overall historical pitching statistics against the Dodgers’ roster are poor but the majority of the damage has been done by Carl Crawford who is 23 of 48 against him and is on the DL.

Take the UNDER 7.5 -105‏