{"id":10576,"date":"2009-05-05T16:44:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T21:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=10576"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:38:07","slug":"phillies-cardinals-preview-lines-predictions-50509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/phillies-cardinals-preview-lines-predictions-50509\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies vs. Cardinals Odds + Preview\/Pick (May 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howard Having Blast – Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals<\/h2>\n

Phillies\u2019 Howard Having Blast In Hometown State, Cards Look To Snap Skid<\/strong><\/p>\n

The St. Louis Cardinals (17-9 SU, 15-11 RL, 13-11-2 O\/U) will be looking to snap their modest two-game losing streak for BetUS MLB sports betting backers when they host the Philadelphia Phillies (13-10 SU, 9-14 RL, 13-8-2 O\/U) at Busch Stadium tonight at 8 PM ET.<\/p>\n

The Phillies spanked the Cardinals 6-1 on Monday as first baseman Ryan Howard went 2-for-3 with a grand slam to help Philadelphia cash in for MLB sports betting enthusiasts as +125 road underdogs while the final score played under the 9-run O\/U total.<\/p>\n

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Jayson Werth went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer for the Phillies while veteran hurler Joe Blanton allowed one run over six innings to earn the win for Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Tonight, the Phillies will hand the ball to veteran right-hander Brett Myers (1-2, 4.83) who gave up three runs on eight hits with three walks over six innings of a 4-1 defeat loss at Washington on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals will counter with right-hander Adam Wainwright (3-0, 2.76 ERA), who lacked command of his pitches in his last start but still won despite allowing a season high-tying five walks over six innings of a 5-3 road win over Atlanta on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Howard\u2019s seventh career grand slam tied Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt’s franchise record<\/p>\n

Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key MLB betting trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and MLB Free Pick<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Phillies are 4-0 in Myers’ last 4 starts as an underdog of +110 to +150.
\nThe Phillies are 5-0 in Myers’ last 5 starts vs. National League Central.
\nThe Cardinals are 4-0 in Wainwright\u2019s last 4 Tuesday starts.\"\"<\/a>
\nThe Cardinals are 11-1 in Wainwright\u2019s last 12 starts as a home favorite of -110 to -150.
\nThe Under is 5-1-1 in the last 7 meetings.
\nThe Phillies are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
\nThe Phillies are 5-1 in Myers’ last 6 road starts vs. Cardinals.
\nThe Over is 4-1-1 in Myers’ last 6 starts vs. Cardinals.
\nThe Phillies are 13-5 in the last 18 meetings in St. Louis.
\nThe Phillies are 7-3 in Myers’ last 10 starts vs. Cardinals.<\/p>\n

MLB Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Phillies +1\u00bd -195
\nBrett Myers \u2013R +105<\/p>\n

St. Louis Cardinals -1\u00bd +165
\nAdam Wainwright \u2013R -125<\/p>\n

Over 8\u00bd -115
\nUnder 8\u00bd -105<\/p>\n

Analysis:<\/strong> The Phillies are in a groove at the moment, having won seven of nine coming into this contest while the Cardinals have gone a mediocre 4-4 over their last eight games overall.<\/p>\n

With two starting pitchers that have yet to find their stride \u2013 and a red-hot Ryan Howard batting a blistering .383 (23-for-60) with seven homers and 28 RBIs in 16 career games at Busch Stadium, I like the Philadelphia Phillies to cover the Run Line by pushing the Cardinals for the outright win in what looks like an Over waiting to happen.<\/p>\n

MLB Free Picks: Phillies +1\u00bd Runs\/Over 8\u00bd Total Runs<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Free Pick for tonights Phillies vs. Cardinals game. I like the Philadelphia Phillies to cover the Run Line by pushing the Cardinals for the outright win in what looks like an Over waiting to happen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[13174,3882,3261,13633,164,166,13631,470,548,680,13627,691,698,13629,3259,13630,13632,13626,13628,11210],"class_list":["post-10576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-2009-mlb-betting","tag-baseball-lines","tag-baseball-odds","tag-baseball-trends","tag-betting-lines","tag-betting-odds","tag-cardinals-picks","tag-free-pick","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-mlb-free-picks","tag-mlb-free-predictions","tag-mlb-predictions","tag-mlb-trends","tag-online-baseball-gambling","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-philadelphia-vs-st-louis","tag-phillies-picks","tag-phillies-vs-cardinals","tag-phillies-vs-cardinals-gambling","tag-st-louis-cardinals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10576"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107797,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10576\/revisions\/107797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}