St. Louis Cardinals at Minnesota Twins Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 34-40 Minnesota Twins play host to the 43-21 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Target Field, June 17, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals -127/Twins +117
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Carlos Martinez (R) W/L 7-2 WHIP 1.26 ERA 2.93
Tommy Milone (L) W/L 2-1 WHIP 1.36 ERA 4.15

St. Louis eked out a 3-2 win yesterday to go up 2-0 in this series. They are coming off a 4-0 homestand and have won 5 games in a row. Minnesota concluded their road trip with a 1-5 record and is 1-7 in their last 8 games.

The Cardinals have a 7-3 lead in this matchup going back to 2000.

Martinez earned his 3rd-straight win in his last outing, a 4-2 win at Colorado. He had his 5th-straight Q start after allowing 2 ERs in 6.1 innings. He has 9 Q starts on the season. He has allowed more than 2 ERs twice in 2015 (7 both times) in 12 starts. St. Louis is 10-2 when he takes the mound.

Milone received a no decision in his last start, a 6-2 loss at Texas. He pitched well however, going 7 innings and yielding only 2 runs for his 2nd Q start of the year. This will be his 7th start of the season.

Cards 3B Matt Carpenter is 2-3 (.667) with a solo HR against Milone but he is the only player on the team to have had any success against the lefty. The 5 other hitters to have faced him before are a combined 2-24 (.083).

No one on the Twins has faced Martinez before today.

St. Louis at Minnesota Betting Trends

The Cardinals are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games.
St. Louis is 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games against Minnesota.
The game total has gone under in 5 of the Cardinals last 5 games against the Twins.
Minnesota is 1-7 straight up in their last 8 games.
The Twins are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 home games.

Injury Report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Holliday OF 15-Day Disabled List
Lance Lynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 15-Day Disabled List

MINNESOTA TWINS
Aaron Hicks OF 15-Day Disabled List
Ricky Nolasco P 15-Day Disabled List
Ervin Santana P Out Until July 4 (suspension)
Jordan Schafer OF 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
St. Louis: 65%
Minnesota: 35%

Free MLB Pick

Minnesota’s offensive output has dried up scoring two or less runs in their last 8 games. So, it comes as no surprise that the Twins are 2-8 in that stretch. They face a top starter today in Carlos Martinez who is 7-2 on the season with a sub three ERA of 2.93. He has no problem with pitching on the road going 4-1 with a 2.77 ERA recording a Q start in 71.4% of his road starts. Tommy Milone takes the mound for Minnesota and brings with him his 7.71 home ERA. He has however pitched well against the current Cards’ roster allowing 4 hits in 27 at bats so I wouldn’t go crazy on this.

Take the St Louis Cardinals -126‏ @ Bovada Sportsbook