Tigers-Cardinals Odds Preview

The Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Busch Stadium in an interleague contest.
The Tigers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Justin Verlander in this game. Verlander has a 7-2 record and a 3.02 ERA this season.
Verlander’s opponent in this one will be Adam Wainwright. The Cardinals ace righthander has a 3.49 ERA to go along with a 6-4 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Tigers lost to Pittsburgh 6-3 as a +115 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).
Don Kelly drove in a pair of runs for the Tigers and Dontrelle Willis gave up six runs on six hits and eight walks in 3 2-3 innings.
The Cardinals lost to Cleveland 3-0 as a +105 underdog on Sunday. The three runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7).
Chris Carpenter took the loss for St. Louis after allowing three runs on five hits in seven innings.
Current streak:
Detroit has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Detroit:
34-29 SU
St.
Louis: 34-30 SU
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing Pittsburgh are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5

St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Detroit are 4-6
After playing Cleveland are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of St. Louis’s last 14 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 6 games at home
Next up:
St. Louis home to Detroit, Wednesday, June 17

 

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