Dodgers (-145) to top Cards
Game Time: 05/14/2007 10:10 PM -
By: Lenny Del Genio | procappers.com
The Dodgers are home and looking for revenge from last season's sweep by the Cardinals. So lay it on Los Angeles this evening against St. Louis.
The Cardinals won all seven games over Los Angeles last season, outscoring the Dodgers 35-8 to sweep the season series for the first time in the 115-year history of the rivalry. Los Angeles scored more runs Sunday then it did in last season's entire series against the Cardinals though, as the Dodgers amassed a season-high 18 hits in a 10-5 win over Cincinnati. The Dodgers scored 19 runs in sweeping the three-game series from the Reds.
While the NL West-leading Dodgers' offense seems to be clicking, St. Louis has been shut out a major league-high six times this season, including Sunday's 3-0 defeat to San Diego. The Cardinals have scored a major league worst 110 runs and have failed to score at all in four of their last 10 games. Brad Thompson makes his second start of the season for the Cardinals on Monday. Thompson, who started the year in the bullpen, had an effective first start Tuesday against Colorado, allowing one run in five innings of a 4-1 win, although he did not factor in the decision.
LA starter Brett Tomko (1-3, 4.33) has made quality starts in four of his six outings this season, but finally caught a break his last time out. He threw no-hit ball for 5.1 innings against Florida on Wednesday and finished allowing three runs and five hits in 6.2 innings of the 5-3 victory. He's 2-2 with a 3.64 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) against the Cardinals, who he hasn't faced since 2004. Forget that 0-7 mark last year and take the Dodgers.
Free Pick: Dodgers -145