{"id":5114,"date":"2009-08-01T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/astros-cardinals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:34:00","slug":"astros-cardinals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/astros-cardinals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Cardinals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Houston Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals meet at Busch Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Wandy Rodriguez<\/st1:Sn> will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Rodriguez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 10-6 this season with a 2.65 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be ace Chris<\/st1:GivenName> Carpenter<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> who starts for the Cardinals. Righthander Carpenter is 9-3 with a 2.19 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 230-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning to come back and defeat the Astros 4-3 on Friday, as -185 favorites. That game’s seven runs went UNDER the night’s posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Holliday<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 4-for-4 at the plate and drove in two runs for the Cardinals. Trever<\/st1:GivenName> Miller<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Franklin<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> closed out the ninth with his 24th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miguel<\/st1:GivenName> Tejada<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in two runs to lead the Astros, who were +165 underdogs. Alberto Arias gave up two runs in relief in suffering the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: <\/font>51-52 SU
St.<\/st2:address><\/st2:Street> Louis<\/st1:GivenName>: 57-49 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing St. Louis are 7-3
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 5-5
After playing Houston are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston’s last 8 games
Houston is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of St. Louis’s last 10 games at home
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 6 games when playing at home against Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
St. Louis<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, August 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Houston Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals meet at Busch Stadium. Wandy Rodriguez will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Lefthander Rodriguez is 10-6 this season with a 2.65 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be ace Chris Carpenter who starts … Continue reading Astros-Cardinals 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-5114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5114","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=5114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}