Cardinals-Phillies Lines Preview

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Citizens Bank Park.

Righthander Kyle Lohse will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Lohse is 4-6 this season with a 4.21 ERA.

Meanwhile, it’ll be Rodrigo Lopez who starts for the Phillies. Righthander Lopez is 2-0 with a 2.60 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Cardinals exploded for four runs in the sixth inning as they defeated the Phillies 8-1 on Friday, as +125 underdogs. The nine runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (9).

Rick Ankiel went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in three runs to lift the Cardinals. Joel Pineiro improved to 9-9 with six scoreless innings on the mound.

J.A. Happ gave up 10 hits and five runs in suffering his first loss. Oddsmakers had the Phillies as -145 favorites in that game.

Current streak:
St. Louis has won 2 straight games.

Team records:
St. Louis: 53-46 SU
Philadelphia: 54-40 SU

St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Philadelphia are 4-6
After playing Philadelphia are 4-6
After a win are 5-5

Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing St. Louis are 6-4
After playing St. Louis are 7-3
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Philadelphia is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home

Next up:
Philadelphia home to St. Louis, Sunday, July 26