Cardinals-Reds Vegas Betting Odds

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds will meet on the field at Great American Ball Park on Saturday in a battle of division rivals.
Righthander Joel Pineiro will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Pineiro is 5-5 this season with a 4.82 ERA.
It’ll be ace Aaron Harang toeing the rubber for the Reds in this contest. Righthander Harang is 3-12 with a 5.34 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Reds listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Rick Ankiel belted a two-run homer and the Cardinals got past the Reds 5-3 in Friday’s opener as a -110 favorite. The combined eight runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Jason LaRue also had two RBIs in helping the Cardinals. Brad Thompson allowed three runs off three hits over five innings for the victory.
Chris Dickerson went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Reds, who came into that game at EVEN odds. Bronson Arroyo scattered nine hits and five runs over 6 1-3 innings in the loss.
Current streak:
St. Louis has won 3 straight games.
Team records:
St. Louis: 69-56 SU
Cincinnati: 54-69 SU
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4
After playing Cincinnati are 4-6
After a win are 5-5

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of St. Louis’s last 11 games when playing Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cincinnati’s last 7 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cincinnati’s last 11 games when playing St. Louis
Cincinnati is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
Next up:
Cincinnati home to St. Louis, Sunday, August 17

 

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