{"id":5164,"date":"2009-08-05T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cardinals-mets-odds-preview-4\/"},"modified":"2009-08-05T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T11:13:00","slug":"cardinals-mets-odds-preview-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cardinals-mets-odds-preview-4\/","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 trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Citi Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Kyle<\/st2:middlename> Lohse<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Lohse is 4-6 this season with a 4.14 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Jonathon<\/st2:GivenName> Niese<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Mets. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Niese<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-2 with a 4.75 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Albert<\/st2:GivenName> Pujols<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>‘ grand slam highlighted a five-run 10th<\/sup> inning, as the Cardinals clipped the Mets 12-7 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -105 road underdogs as the game played OVER the 7-run total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pujols finished 4-for-5 with two homers and five runs batted in for the Cardinals, while Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> McClellan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter Joel<\/st2:GivenName> Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gary<\/st2:GivenName> Sheffield<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, as Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> Feliciano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was handed the loss after entering the game in relief of Mets starter Johan<\/st2:GivenName> Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 59-50 SU
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 49-57 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing Pittsburgh are 3-7
After playing NY Mets are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis
NY Mets are 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home
NY Mets are 1-6 SU in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 7
NY Mets at San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, August 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Citi Field. Righthander Kyle Lohse will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Lohse is 4-6 this season with a 4.14 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Jonathon Niese who … 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-5164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164","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=5164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}