The Giants won yesterday’s game against the Cardinals and they now have a 1.5 game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West. The Cardinals are still in the NL Central race, but they trail the Reds by 6 games. <\/p>\n
Venue\/ Stadium: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri<\/strong> PITCHING MATCHUP:<\/strong>\u00a0Giants RH Ryan Vogelsong (9-5, 2.38 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Joe Kelly (2-4, 3.14)<\/p>\n Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n San Francisco has won 4 of their last 5 games. MLB lines have the Cardinals as slight home favorites tonight with a total of 8.5 runs.<\/p>\n In yesterday’s game the Giants beat the Cardinals 4-2.<\/p>\n This season the Giants have an O\/U record of 54-52 with a run-line W\/L record of 54-56 and the Cardinals have an O\/U record of 51-55 with a run-line W\/L record of 51-59.<\/p>\n Last night’s loss was the Cardinals first one at home in their last 8 games and on the season they are 33-22 at home and the Giants are 28-27 on the road.<\/p>\n Ryan Vogelsong (9-5, 2.38 ERA) goes for the Giants tonight and in his last outing he gave up 4 earned runs in 6 innings, but still got the win facing the Colorado Rockies. Joe Kelly (2-4, 3.14 ERA) is on the hill for the Cardinals and in his last start he gave up 3 earned runs un 5 innings in a win over the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n Vogelsong ranks 2nd in the NL in ERA and the Giants are 13-3 in his last 16 starts.\u00a0\u00a0 [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Kelly is a rookie and tonight will be his first career start against the Giants. Kelly finally got a win in his last outing after going winless in his previous 6 even though in that span he posted a solid 2.72 ERA.<\/p>\n Kelly will have to pitch around the red-hot Buster Posey, who has 5 HR and 12 RBI in his last 6 games and he leads the Majors hitting over .440 since the All Star break.<\/p>\n Vogelsong will also have to be wary facing Yadier Molina, who is hitting .471 in his last 8 games, and Allen Craig, who is hitting .367 in his last 8 games and went deep twice yesterday.<\/p>\n In some betting trends for this NL match up the Giants are 4-1 in their last 5 road games, 6-2 in Vogelsong’s last 8 road starts, and they have an Over record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 games.<\/p>\n The Cardinals are 4-1 in their last 5 vs. a team with a winning record, 2-5 in Kelly’s last 7 starts, and they have an Under record of 12-5-1 in their last 18 home games.<\/p>\n In the last 7 games between these 2 teams in St. Louis the posted total has gone Over 5 times.<\/p>\n
\nTime\/Date: 8 PM EST Wednesday, August 8, 2012<\/strong>
\nMLB Odds From: Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\nMoneyline: Giants +105 \/ Cardinals -125 <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 8.5 runs <\/strong><\/p>\n