Cardinals-Mets Odds Preview

The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Citi Field.
The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Joel Pineiro in this one. Righthander Pineiro is 5-8 this season with a 3.76 ERA.
It’ll be Livan Hernandez toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. Righthander Hernandez is 5-1 with a 4.18 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Alex Cora went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in to lead the Mets past the Cardinals 6-4 on Monday night.
New York cashed as -105 home underdogs as the teams played OVER the 9.5-run total set by oddsmakers.
Omir Santos went 4-for-4 with an RBI for the Mets, while Tim Redding allowed four runs over seven innings to pick up the win for New York.
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run homer for St. Louis, as losing pitcher Todd Wellemeyer gave up five runs over 5 2-3 innings for the Cardinals.
Team records:
St. Louis: 39-32 SU
New York: 35-33 SU
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing NY Mets are 6-4
After playing NY Mets are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4

New York most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing St. Louis are 3-7
After playing St. Louis are 4-6
After a win are 3-7

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 6 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games
St. Louis is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis’s last 10 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets’s last 6 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Mets’s last 10 games when playing at home against St. Louis
NY Mets are 14-7 SU in its last 21 games at home
NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Next up:
NY Mets home to St. Louis, Wednesday, June 24

 

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