{"id":5705,"date":"2009-09-21T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-odds-cardinals-vs-astros\/"},"modified":"2009-09-21T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T12:26:00","slug":"mlb-odds-cardinals-vs-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-odds-cardinals-vs-astros\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Odds: Cardinals vs Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros meet at Minute<\/st1:PlaceName> Maid<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kyle Lohse will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. Righthander Lohse is 5-8 this season with a 4.88 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Wandy Rodriguez who starts for the Astros. Lefthander Rodriguez is 13-10 with a 2.77 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Astros listed as 147-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals lost to the Cubs 6-3 in extra innings as a -165 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (7). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mark DeRosa had an RBI and a run scored for St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Adam Wainwright allowed three runs on five hits with 10 strikeouts in seven innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Felipe Paulino gave up four runs in six innings in Houston’s 6-0 loss to Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Sunday afternoon. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Brewers were winners as -180 home favorites in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day’s posted total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 7 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 87-63 SU
Houston: 70-79 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Houston are 7-3
After playing Chi Cubs are 7-3
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing St. Louis are 2-8
After playing Milwaukee are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing Houston
St. Louis is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Houston’s last 17 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston’s last 8 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, September 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros meet at Minute Maid Park. Kyle Lohse will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. Righthander Lohse is 5-8 this season with a 4.88 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Wandy Rodriguez who starts for … Continue reading MLB Odds: Cardinals vs Astros<\/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-5705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705","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=5705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}