{"id":38148,"date":"2011-05-12T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=38148"},"modified":"2011-05-12T10:51:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T17:51:02","slug":"odds-cardinals-vs-cubs-gambling-prediction-preview-12511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/odds-cardinals-vs-cubs-gambling-prediction-preview-12511\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting \u2013 St. Louis vs. Chicago Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday MLB Baseball Picks: Cardinals vs Cubs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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MLB Betting \u2013 Cardinals vs. Cubs Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>Thursday, May 12, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>FSMW, CSN
\nSt. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Betting Lines from BetOnline.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong>Cardinals -155, Cubs +145
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong> 9 (-110)
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St. Louis Cardinals (21-15 through May 10)<\/strong>
\nJaime Garcia (4-0, 1.99)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s scary to imagine how many wins the St. Louis Cardinals would have if Adam Wainwright wasn\u2019t out with Tommy John surgery. They still lead the National League Central with 21 wins. They lead baseball in runs per game and batting average even though Albert Pujols hasn\u2019t hit his stride. They\u2019re even ninth in ERA despite supposedly having a patchwork rotation without Wainwright.<\/p>\n

A big reason for that last stat: Jaime Garcia. He\u2019s been among baseball\u2019s best starters this season, striking out four times as many hitters as he\u2019s walked and already posting two complete-game shutouts through seven starts.<\/p>\n

It certainly looks like Garcia is here to stay as a well-above-average major-league pitcher. But when will his statistical regression come? Last season, he had a 1.04 ERA in April and 1.53 ERA in May before ballooning to 4.50 for June. This season, Garcia was finished at 2.08 for April and sits at 1.58 for May. Given his trends, he may have a few more dominant outings in him before teams catch up to him.<\/p>\n

Chicago Cubs (15-19 through May 10)<\/strong>
\nCasey Coleman (1-2, 6.29)<\/p>\n

The Cubbies\u2019 2011 season reminds me of the old leak-in-the-wall analogy. They fix one problem and another leak springs. For example, starters like Matt Garza and Carlos Zambrano have shown signs of getting back on track but, suddenly, hot-hitting Starlin Castro has gone cold as ice. \"Bet<\/a><\/p>\n

What should bettors expect from Casey Coleman on Thursday afternoon? He\u2019s walked 16 guys in 24.1 innings and has coughed up at least four runs in three of his five outings.<\/p>\n

MLB Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over is 11-4 in STL last 15 overall.
\nOver is 11-4 in STL last 15 on grass.
\nOver is 33-16-2 in STL last 51 road games.
\nCHC are 2-6 in their last 8 home games.
\nUnder is 8-3 in CHC last 11 overall.
\nUnder is 8-3 in CHC last 11 on grass.
\nSTL are 3-7 in the last 10 meetings.<\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe I\u2019m oversimplifying but the Cards feel like a no-brainer here. They\u2019re playing with confidence, they\u2019re sending one of the league\u2019s hottest pitchers to the hill, and they\u2019re facing an erratic, unproven young pitcher with a slumping offense backing him up.<\/p>\n

Cardinals vs Cubs prediction: <\/strong>Cardinals 6, Cubs 2<\/p>\n

Money Line: Cardinals -155<\/p>\n

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Shea weighs in with his MLB Free Pick for tonight. It\u2019s the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs matching up at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals are currently 145-moneyline favorites\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":22305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[47732,47733,47618,111,13510,112,31516,31517,27271,2058,678,683,686,31513,31514,31515,31511,31512],"class_list":["post-38148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-2011-major-league-baseball","tag-2011-mlb-betting","tag-2011-mlb-picks","tag-baseball-picks","tag-baseball-prediction","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-cardinals-cubs-lines","tag-cardinals-cubs-odds","tag-major-league-baseball-betting-odds","tag-mlb-baseball-betting","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-handicapping","tag-mlb-pick","tag-st-louis-cardinals-vs-chicago-cubs","tag-st-louis-cardinals-vs-chicago-cubs-gambling","tag-st-louis-cardinals-vs-chicago-cubs-pick","tag-st-louis-chicago-betting","tag-st-louis-chicago-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38148","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\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38222,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38148\/revisions\/38222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}