Originally posted on 07/04/2013:

Cards hit right handers well.
Blanton, at best, and this being kind, is a mediocre right hander at best.
Cards have the most balanced line up in the majors, and stat wise they have the third best offense in the majors.
I hate the way Matheny waits until the last second to post his lineup, he always does that for some reason, because I think he starts Cruz tonight behind the plate instead of Molina, but I have to wait another 2 hours.
Even with Cruz and his weak ass bat in the lineup, the top of the order still should torch Blanton.
Carpenter is an on base machine, Beltran kills fat Blanton, Holliday hits him too, but he's got a bad neck, so he's day to day.
Craig should hit Blanton too.

For the Angels to win tonight, Blanton has to be sharp while Wainwright being off at the same time.
Both offenses can rake, the big difference is Wainwright can lock down the Angel bats, I can't say the same for Blanton against the Card bats.

Key for Wainwright is to keep Trout off the bases, this way Pujols can't really hurt you,Angels haven't really faced Wainwright before, Pujols played first base behind him before going free agent, it's one thing to play behind him, another thing to face him.

Wainwright goes seven, turns it over to his lock down 'pen, if Wainwright does get into trouble late, Choate is a one out lefty specialist, and Rosenthal to Mujica is as good as it gets.

Don't let the line mind fuk the wager, you like the Cards (and I do in this spot) bet the Cards, I don't care much about the betting line going up and down like a yo-yo.

To the OP, if you like the Angels, then bet the Angels, don't let the line movement get you off the wager.






ST. LOUIS CARDINALS CAREER STATISTICS VS. JOE BLANTON
BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Matt Adams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Carlos Beltran 19 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 .316 .381 .368 .749
Matt Carpenter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Allen Craig 4 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 .750 .750 2.250 3.000
Daniel Descalso 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
David Freese 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .222 .222 .333 .556
Rafael Furcal 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286
Matt Holliday 13 5 2 0 2 4 2 4 .385 .438 1.000 1.438
Jon Jay 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Yadier Molina 15 5 0 0 1 3 2 1 .333 .412 .533 .945
Ty Wigginton 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .500 .571 .500 1.071
Totals 86 28 5 0 5 15 6 18 .326 .372 .558 .930