San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 75-42 St. Louis Cardinals play host to the 64-53 San Francisco Giants tonight in MLB action on the grass of Busch Stadium, August 17, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:15PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Giants +143/ Cardinals -153
Total Line: 7
Pitching Matchup
Christopher Heston (R) W/L 11-7 WHIP 1.19 ERA 3.38
Michael Wacha (R) W/L 14-4 WHIP 1.12 ERA 2.93
San Francisco defeated Washington 5-0 on Sunday to complete a 4-game sweep. They finished their homestand with a 5-1 record. St. Louis was a 6-4 loser to Miami yesterday afternoon. They are 4-2 on their homestand and 7-3 in their last 10 games. They are also 44-18 at home in 2015.
This game marks the first matchup of the season between these two NL powers. The Giants have a 6-3 edge in the last 9 contests between these two clubs.
Heston was a 2-0 loser to Houston in his last start. He went 6.1 innings and yielded 1 run for his 14th Q start of the year.
Wacha was a 4-2 winner over Pittsburgh in his last outing. He allowed 2 runs over 6 innings and struck out 7 for his 15th Q start of the season.
Only 4 Giants hitters have faced Wacha before. OF Hunter Pence is 1-3 (.333) vs. the right-hander while the trio of OF Gregor Blanco, C Hector Sanchez and 2B Ehire Adrianza are all 0-2.
This will be the Cardinals first look at Heston.
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San Francisco at St. Louis Betting Trends
San Francisco is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games overall.
The Giants are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games against St. Louis
The game total has gone over in 5 of San Francisco’s last 6 games against St. Louis
The Cardinals are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 home games.
St. Louis is 2-5 straight up in their last 7 home games against San Francisco.
Injury Report
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Nori Aoki OF 7-Day Disabled List
Tim Hudson P 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Leake P 15-Day Disabled List
Tim Lincecum P 15-Day Disabled List
Angel Pagan OF 15-Day Disabled List
Joe Panik 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Marco Scutaro 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Andrew Susac C 15-Day Disabled List
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
Consensus Picks Moneyline
San Francisco: 26%
St. Louis: 74%
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Giants’ starter Christopher Heston rebounded from two poor outings with a decent game against Houston, but he did walk four and gave up a home run, so we’re not sold on him being out of his slump. He has a great road record going 6-2 in 11 starts but his ERA is an unimpressive 4.45 and his Q start percentage is a below average 45.5. Cardinals’ starter Michael Wacha is razor sharp with a 3-0 recorrd and 0.90 earned run average in his last three starts and he’s been money in the bank for St. Louis backers with his team going 7-3 in his 10 home starts. He has one lifetime start against the Giants and that came season when he held them scoreless through six innings allowing three hits while striking out seven. The money is too high for us to play so we’ll take a shot on the runline and hope that the Cardinals can extend the margin.
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