{"id":4688,"date":"2009-06-22T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-mets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-22T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T13:34:00","slug":"cardinals-mets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-mets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Mets Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Citi Field. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Wellemeyer has a 6-6 record and a 5.36 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Redding<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. Righthander Redding is 0-2 with a 6.27 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 112-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cardinals defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 12-5 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 17 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Albert<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pujols<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 4-5 with two home runs and six RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wainwright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed five runs on eight hits with eight strikeouts in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets lost to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> 10-6 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The 16 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Schneider<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a three-run home run for the Mets and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with a pair of runs scored. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 39-31 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 34-33 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After playing Kansas City are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 4-6<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 5 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 9 games when playing at home against St. Louis<br \/>NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 23<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Citi Field. The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Todd Wellemeyer in this game. Wellemeyer has a 6-6 record and a 5.36 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Tim Redding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-mets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardinals-Mets Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}