St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 57-81 Cincinnati Reds play host to the 88-51 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Great American Ball Park, Sept 10, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinal -140/Reds +130
Total Line: 8
Pitching Matchup
Jaime Garcia (L) W/L 8-4 WHIP 0.95 ERA 1.89
John Lamb (L) W/L 0-3 WHIP 1.54 ERA 6.11
St. Louis defeated the Cubs 4-3 yesterday and they are coming off a 4-5 homestand. They are 38-27 away from home in 2015. Cincinnati lost 5-4 to Pittsburgh on Wednesday and is 2-4 on their homestand. They are 4-6 in their past 10 games.
The Cardinals have a 7-3 lead in the last 10 games played in 2015 between these two NL Central rivals.
Garcia was a 4-1 winner over Pittsburgh in his last start. He went 7 innings, allowed 0 runs and struck out 9 for his 13th Q start in 15 starts. He is currently on a 7-game unbeaten run and has allowed more than 3 ERs once (4) in his starts.
Lamb received a no decision in his last outing, an 8-6 loss to Milwaukee. He has 1 Q start in 5 appearances this season.
This will be St. Louis first look at Lamb.
Reds OF Jason Bourgeois is 6-14 (.429) against Garcia with 3 RBIs and 2 SBs while 2B Brandon Phillips is 13-43 (.302) with 2 HRs, 8 RBIs and 1 stolen base. 1B Joey Votto is 9-31 (.290) against the left-hander with a HR and 5 RBIs while the 6 other hitters that have faced Garcia before are a combined 13-63 (.206) with a HR and 5 RBIs.
St. Louis at Cincinnati Betting Trends
St. Louis is 7-1 straight up in their last 8 road games.
The Cardinals are 8-3 straight up in their last 11 games against Cincinnati.
The game total has gone under in 5 of the Cardinals last 5 games against the Reds.
Cincinnati is 6-19 in their last 25 games overall.
The Reds are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games at home against the Cardinals.
Injury Report
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Belisle P 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Holliday OF 15-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 60-Day Disabled List
CINCINNATI REDS
Nate Adcock P 60-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 Pick (Moneyline)
St. Louis: 91%
Cincinnati: 9%
Free MLB Pick
The Reds hit lefties well, but they haven’t had much lukewarm success against Garcia who has held the active roster a .270 average. He has recorded four Q starts in his last five games against Cincinnati, but three of those starts date back to 2013 and 2012. John Lamb has yet to notch his first MLB win of his career although and he is coming off of his worst start. He is allowing a lot of baserunners and it came back to haunt him in his latest. This series has a big UNDER trend, but both teams have been scoring and we’re going to buck the trend.
Take the OVER 8 @ BETONLINE.AG
