San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals
San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals
PICK: over
REASON: At 2:15 pm, our complimentary selection is on the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals 'over' the total. You could say that as goes righthander Adam Wainwright, so go the 2010 Cardinals. After Wainwright went to 17-6 with a victory on August 11, the Cards were 64-49 and one game up on the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central and all systems appeared to be headed in the right direction. Since then, Wainwright has gone 1-5 in six starts, and even though he only goes to the hill every five games at the most, the Cardinals have followed suit with Wainwright's collapse, posting a record of 12-22 since that time and falling seven games behind the Reds and in danger of being removed from the post-season picture all together. Wainwright's last five starts have been particularly alarming as he has only one quality outing during that time and has posted a 4.90 ERA. Despite giving up 12 hits and five runs in his last start, Wainwright went deep in the game (eight innings) and he will likely need to do so again today because the Cardinal bullpen has been atrocious lately, allowing 16 runs in the 7th-9th innings over the past five games, including losing the game on Saturday with four runs allowed in the 9th. He may very well get some run support this afternoon, as Padre righthander Jon Garland has not fared well in his career vs. the Cards going 1-3 with a 4.98 ERA in just under 17 innings against them. The over is 8-1 in the last nine meetings in St. Louis. Take the 'over.' As always, good luck...
PICK: over
REASON: At 2:15 pm, our complimentary selection is on the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals 'over' the total. You could say that as goes righthander Adam Wainwright, so go the 2010 Cardinals. After Wainwright went to 17-6 with a victory on August 11, the Cards were 64-49 and one game up on the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central and all systems appeared to be headed in the right direction. Since then, Wainwright has gone 1-5 in six starts, and even though he only goes to the hill every five games at the most, the Cardinals have followed suit with Wainwright's collapse, posting a record of 12-22 since that time and falling seven games behind the Reds and in danger of being removed from the post-season picture all together. Wainwright's last five starts have been particularly alarming as he has only one quality outing during that time and has posted a 4.90 ERA. Despite giving up 12 hits and five runs in his last start, Wainwright went deep in the game (eight innings) and he will likely need to do so again today because the Cardinal bullpen has been atrocious lately, allowing 16 runs in the 7th-9th innings over the past five games, including losing the game on Saturday with four runs allowed in the 9th. He may very well get some run support this afternoon, as Padre righthander Jon Garland has not fared well in his career vs. the Cards going 1-3 with a 4.98 ERA in just under 17 innings against them. The over is 8-1 in the last nine meetings in St. Louis. Take the 'over.' As always, good luck...
