| The Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Busch Stadium.
The Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter Jon Garland in this one. Righthander Garland is 5-8 this season with a 4.53 ERA.
It’ll be Chris Carpenter toeing the rubber for the Cardinals in this contest. Righthander Carpenter is 7-3 with a 2.47 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 230-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Diamondbacks lost to Florida 8-1 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Stephen Drew was 3-5 with an RBI and Doug Davis surrendered five runs on seven hits in four innings.
The Cardinals defeated the Cubs 4-2 as a -110 favorite in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Ryan Ludwick homered twice and drove in four runs for St. Louis, while Adam Wainwright earned the win after allowing two runs on seven hits over eight innings.
Team records: Arizona: 38-51 SU St. Louis: 49-42 SU Arizona most recently: When playing on Friday are 4-6 Before playing St. Louis are 4-6 After playing Florida are 6-4 After a loss are 4-6 St. Louis most recently: A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games on the road Arizona is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona’s last 6 games when playing St. Louis Arizona is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games on the road St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Arizona The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games Next up:
St. Louis home to Arizona, Saturday, July 18 |