Cardinals-Mets Lines Preview

The fans at Citi Field will be treated to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Tuesday.
The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Joel Pineiro in this one. Righthander Pineiro is 9-9 this season with a 2.84 ERA.
The Mets will counter Pineiro with ace Johan Santana. Lefthander Santana has a 3.12 ERA to go along with a 11-8 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Cardinals lost to Houston 2-0 as a -280 favorite on Sunday. The two runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8).
Adam Wainwright took the loss for St. Louis after allowing two runs on eight hits in seven innings.
Luis Castillo drove in a pair of runs for New York in its 6-5 loss to Arizona on Monday night.
Arizona won as -185 road favorites as the game played OVER the 7.5-run total posted by oddsmakers.
Current streak:
New York has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
St. Louis: 58-50 SU
New York: 49-56 SU
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing NY Mets are 5-5
After playing Houston are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 5 games
St. Louis is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of St. Louis’s last 13 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of St. Louis’s last 13 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
NY Mets are 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of NY Mets’s last 13 games when playing St. Louis
Next up:
NY Mets home to St. Louis, Wednesday, August 5

 

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