Phillies at Cardinals MLB Odds & Picks: The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies are two National League clubs going in opposite directions. The Cardinals have won eight straight games while the Phillies have lost six of their last seven. Thursday afternoon, the Cardinals will try to complete their second back to back four game sweep in eight days when they play the Phillies in a 2:15 pm afternoon matinee at new Busch Stadium. Prior to the Phillies arrival in the Gateway City, the Cards victimized the Dodgers winning all four games of that series.
Cole Hamels gets the start for Philadelphia with hopes of stopping the bleeding. A left-hander, Hamels has a 7-7 record and a 3.63 ERA this season. The Cards will counter with ace right-hander Adam Wainwright who has a 2.02 ERA to go along with a 14-5 record this season.
Bodog.com oddsmakers list Wainwright and the Cardinals as -155 moneyline favorites with a total of seven. Phillies backers are getting +140 moneyline odds. The Cardinals are getting +130 on the Run Line (-1 1/2) while the Phillies are giving -150 (+1 1/2) RL odds.
Hamels has enjoyed July, posting a 2.20 ERA in four starts, and seems to have recovered from a rough start to the season. He will try to continue that trend Thursday against a first-place Cardinals team that's won on a hot streak.
Wainwright doesn't lead in any single category, but no other pitcher makes as many appearances as high among the National League leaders. He's simply having a brilliant season, especially at home. Wainwright is 10-0 with a 1.31 ERA at Busch Stadium this year.
Felipe Lopez knocked in a pair of runs and the Cardinals beat the Phillies 5-1 on Wednesday, as -155 favorites. That game's six runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8.5) set by sportsbooks. Jaime Garcia went seven innings on the hill for the Cardinals victory, scattering four hits and one earned run.
Joe Blanton suffered the Phillies loss, giving up seven hits and five runs over his seven innings.
MLB Picks: Today's game could be a tight one as both starting pitchers are playing their best ball of the year right now. If both bring their usual stuff then we might see a 2-1 type game. The best bets are – take the Phillies (-150) on the Run Line, Cardinals (-155) moneyline and bet UNDER seven.
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