{"id":4724,"date":"2009-06-24T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-mets-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T06:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:56:00","slug":"cardinals-mets-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-mets-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Mets Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Citi Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Thompson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Thompson<\/st2:Sn> has a 2-1 record and a 3.63 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Fernando<\/st2:GivenName> Nieve<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Nieve<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-0 with a 2.13 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joel<\/st2:GivenName> Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> threw a complete-game two-hitter to earn the victory, as the Cardinals dumped the Mets 3-0 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as a -110 road pick ’em, as the game played UNDER the 9.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Albert<\/st2:GivenName> Pujols<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> knocked in two runs for the Cardinals, while Skip<\/st2:GivenName> Schumaker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 for St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Losing pitcher Livan<\/st2:GivenName> Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two earned runs over seven innings for New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, which went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 40-32 SU
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 35-34 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing NY Mets are 5-5
After playing NY Mets are 7-3
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

New York most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing St. Louis are 4-6
After playing St. Louis are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
NY Mets are 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home
NY Mets are 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
NY Mets home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, June 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Citi Field. The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brad Thompson in this game. Thompson has a 2-1 record and a 3.63 ERA this season. It’ll be Fernando Nieve … Continue reading Cardinals-Mets Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4724","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=4724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}