St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 48-56 Cincinnati Reds play host to the 67-39 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Great American Ball Park, August 5, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: St. Louis -160/Cincinnati +150
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Carlos Martinez (R) W/L 11-4 WHIP 1.26 ERA 2.61
David Holmberg (L) W/L 1-0 WHIP 1.33 ERA 3.00
Cincinnati upended St. Louis 3-2 last night. The Reds are 3-2 on their homestand and 5-2 in their last 7 games. The Cardinals are 0-1 on their road trip and 4-5 in their past 9 games.
St. Louis has a 6-3 edge in the last 9 games played in 2015 over their NL Central rival.
Martinez received a no decision in his last start, a 9-8 win over Colorado. He went 5 innings, allowed 5 runs and struck out 6. He has 15 Q starts on the season.
Holmberg was a 15-5 winner over Pittsburgh in his last outing, his first of the year. He surrendered 2 runs over 6 innings.
No Cardinals hitters have more than 6 ABs vs. Holmberg. OF Randal Grichuk is 1-3 (.333) with a solo HR while OF Jason Heyward is 1-2 with an RBI. 2B Kolten Wong is 1-2 (.500) while the 4 other hitters who have faced the left-hander before are a combined 2-16 (.125) with 0 HRs, RBIs and SBs.
Cincinnati OF Billy Hamilton is 2-9 (.222) against Martinez with a solo HR while C Brayan Pena is 3-8 (.375). The 6 other hitters who have faced the right-hander before are a combined 6-45 (.133) with 1 HR, 1 RBI and 0 SBs.
St. Louis at Cincinnati Betting Trends
St. Louis is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 road games.
The Cardinals are 6-3 straight up in their last 9 games against the Reds
The game total has gone under in 5 of St. Louis’s last 5 games against Cincinnati.
The Reds are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games overall.
Cincinnati is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games at home against St. Louis
Injury Report
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Belisle P 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Holliday OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jon Jay OF 15-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 60-Day Disabled List
CINCINNATI REDS
Nate Adcock P 15-Day Disabled List
Homer Bailey P 60-Day Disabled List
Zack Cozart SS 60-Day Disabled List
Sean Marshall P 60-Day Disabled List
Devin Mesoraco C 60-Day Disabled List
Jon Moscot P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting (Moneyline)
St. Louis: 84%
Cincinnati: 16%
Free MLB Pick
The under total bet has been hugely profitable in this series with sixth straight UNDERS cashing and seven of the 10 meetings going under the line. Carlos Martinez had his worst performance of the season in his latest allowing five runs on 10 hits over five innings at home against Colorado, but we expect him to revert to the form that has seen him record a 80% Q start rate on the road. David Homberg has only the one start on the year, but looked pretty good pitching 6 innings allowing two earned runs on five hits. He has one career start against the Cardinals and it was a good one with 6 IP, 5 Hits and 2 ER.
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