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Now here are some betting previews for tonight courtesy of super sportsbook Bodog, starting out the Mets-Cardinals.
Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals open a two-game set against the New York Mets at Citi Field tonight.
Pujols is batting .226 with two homers and five RBIs in 16 games since appearing in his eighth All-Star game July 14. The first baseman hasn’t hit a homer since connecting for two in a 6-1 win over Arizona on July 17 in the first game following the mid-season break.
Pujols’ struggles continued over the weekend, going 0 for 9 as the Cardinals took two of three against Houston to conclude a 5-2 homestand.
He may have trouble breaking out against Johan Santana, who has won both of his starts against the Cardinals this year.
Santana is 3-0 with an 0.43 ERA in his last three home starts.
The Cardinals will counter with Joel Pineiro, who is 3-0 with a 2.91 ERA in five starts against the Mets.
Bodog also previews the Cubs-Reds.
Tom Gorzelanny looks to help the Chicago Cubs continue their second-half surge when he makes his Chicago debut to night against the free-falling Cincinnati Reds.
After stumbling through the first half of the season, the Cubs have gone 20-10 since July 1 and an NL-best 13-5 since the All-Star break to move one percentage point ahead of St. Louis in the Central.
Chicago is hoping Gorzelanny can regain the form he had in 2007, when he went 14-10 with a 3.88 ERA in 32 starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In five career starts versus Cincinnati, Gorzelanny is 2-2 with a 7.54 ERA.
Johnny Cueto, who will start for the Reds, has been in the middle of Cincinnati’s slide and hopes August goes a bit smoother than July.
Cueto had both the majors’ worst ERA and opponents’ batting average last month.
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Onward to the Dodgers-Brewers. After dropping the opener, Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers look to avoid another loss to the Milwaukee Brewers tonight when the clubs continue a three-game series.
Ramirez went 1 for 5 in Los Angeles’ 6-5 loss to Milwaukee on Monday, flying out to right with the bases loaded in the ninth after the Dodgers had fought back from a five-run deficit.
The Dodgers, who still have the best record in the majors, are 4-7 since a July 22 win over the Reds, although Ramirez’s slump may not be the biggest problem since Los Angeles is still averaging 6.1 runs and hitting .306 over those 11 games.
Hiroki Kuroda, who will pitch for the Dodgers, remains winless since beating San Diego on July 3.
Milwaukee, which hasn’t won three in a row since June 15-17, will hand the ball to Yovani Gallardo, who is looking to win his third straight start.
Before a four-game series against the AL East leading New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox have two games in a ballpark where they have struggled immensely. However, they take some momentum into the first one against the Tampa Bay Rays tonight.
The Red Sox are 4-6 against the Rays and have lost three of four in St. Petersburg, where they have won just twice in their last 14 regular-season games. They did win two at Tropicana Field in last year’s AL championship series but also lost two, including Game 7.
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Boston’s Jon Lester will be opposed by Matt Garza in a rematch of the ALCS Game 7.
Lester had an 0.90 ERA in winning all three regular-season starts versus the Rays in 2008, but recorded a 4.97 ERA in losing both outings against them in the ALCS.
Garza is 2-0 with a 1.66 ERA in three outings against the BoSox this year.
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