St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 59-62 San Diego Padres play host to the 77-43 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Petco Park, August 21, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 10:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals -125/Padres +115
Total Line: 6.5
Pitching Matchup
John Lackey (R) W/L 10-7 WHIP 1.18 ERA 2.87
Andrew Cashner (R) W/L 4-12 WHIP 1.36 ERA 4.20
St. Louis defeated San Francisco 4-3 last night. They completed their homestand with a 6-3 record. San Diego was a 3-2 winner over Atlanta on Thursday completing a 3-game sweep. They are 3-0 on their homestand and 7-2 in their last 9 games.
The season series is tied 2-2 and the Cardinals have a 6-3 lead in the last 9 encounters between these two clubs.
Lackey was a 6-3 winner over Miami in his last start. He went 8.1 innings and surrendered 2 runs for his 12th-straight Q start. He has 19 Q starts on the year.
Cashner received a no decision in a 7-5 win at Colorado in his last outing. He gave up 4 runs over 5.1 innings and has 14 Q starts on the season.
No St. Louis hitter has more than 6 ABs against Cashner. 3B Matt Carpenter is 1-2 (.500) while C Yadier Molina is 3-6 (.500). OF Jason Heyward is 2-6 (.333) against the right-hander. The 4 other hitters who have faced Cashner before are a combined 0-12 with no HRs, RBIs or SBs.
SD C Derek Norris is 1-2 (.500) against Lackey while IF Alexi Amarista is 3-6 (.500). 1B Brett Wallace and 3B Yangervis Solarte are both 1-3 (.333) against the right-hander. The 5 other hitters who have faced Lackey before are a combined 11-61 (.180) with 2 HRs, 3 RBIs and 3 SBs.
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St. Louis at San Diego Betting Trends
The Cardinals are 10-4 straight up in their last 14 games overall.
St. Louis is 6-3 straight up in their last 9 games against San Diego.
The game total has gone under in 6 of St. Louis’s last 7 road games.
The Padres are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games overall.
San Diego is 7-3 straight up in their last 10 home games against St. Louis.
Injury Report
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Belisle P 60-Day Disabled List
Randal Grichuk OF 15-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
SAN DIEGO PADRES
Josh Johnson P 60-Day Disabled List
Cory Luebke P 60-Day Disabled List
Marcos Mateo P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Maurer P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Morrow P 60-Day Disabled List
Wil Myers OF 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks Moneyline
St. Louis: 82%
San Diego: 18%
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The St. Louis Cardinals have been an under machine this season with a 43-71 mark versus the total and that’s the where our money is going to land tonight. In four meetings this season the UNDER has cashed in three of the games. Cardinals’ starter John Lackey is a poor 2-4 with a 4.25 ERA on the road this season in 11 starts but he’s been a very good lately with five straight Q starts. Padres’ starter Andrew Cashner is 2-6 with a 3.70 ERA at home in nine starts with an impressive 77.8 Q start percentage.
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