(Starting Pitchers: J. Westbrook vs F. Liriano)
St Louis was swept by Atlanta this weekend and yesterday was the fourth game in a row where St Louis had a subpar offensive game with .172, .129, .069 and .250 BA! This is especially worrying for tonight, as Pittsburgh will have a tremendous SP edge on this contest. Francisco Liriano will start for Pittsburgh tonight and after a poor start at Cincinnati, where he allowed five earned runs, he crushed Washington after that with no runs allowed in 7.2 innings. His strikeout punch will also be a big weapon against the struggling Cardinals' lineup.
Jake Westbrook will start for St Louis in here and he has been very far from convincing me lately. He won a decision against Philadelphia, but his command has been terrible with a combined of 5/7 K/BB over his last three starts. His awful season numbers of 3.32 K/9 and 0.91 K/BB don't convince anyone and so, I don't believe that his 2.88 ERA will resist for a lot more time, especially when he has a 4.15 FIP and 4.65 xFIP! Westbrook is a ground ball guy, but Pittsburgh's offense is #9 in the league on grounders, so I believe they should pound Westbrook tonight. Pittsburgh's SP edge in here should be more than enough for them to pick up a comfortable win tonight and so, I'll be taking them in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 952 Pittsburgh Pirates ML (w/ F. Liriano) @ -145 / 1.69 on 5Dimes
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