(Starting Pitchers: Z. Greinke vs A. Wainwright)
The Dodgers will be trying to beat a record tonight, as they will be looking for their 15th road win in a row, which would be the longest road streak since the 1957 Cincinnati Reds. But this won't be easy at all for them. Yasiel Puig is banged up with a wrist injury, while Hanley Ramirez is even doubtful for tonight with a shoulder injury. The Dodgers will start Zack Greinke tonight, who will have a tough task tonight, as the Cardinals have woken up on their weekend series at Cincinnati, having scored 13, 13 and 15 runs in three of their last four games! Greinke is coming from four runs allowed in seven innings last Thursday against the Reds. He is currently posting a career-worst 7.02 K/9 and 2.97 BB/9 and he struggled in the only start that he had against a good team on his last six outings, that outing against the Reds last Thursday. Now with St Louis being red hot, I expect them to pound Greinke tonight.
On the other side, the Cardinals will start Adam Wainwright, who is coming from allowing four earned runs in seven innings against Pittsburgh last Wednesday. Even though the Cardinals lost in Wainwright's last two starts, he pitched well in both outings, with a 3.61 and 3.04 FIP. It's also important to note that he played on the road at Pittsburgh and at Atlanta, two top teams who are especially tough when they played at home! Wainwright will now face the Dodgers in the middle of a streak, but these wins have been happening due to great pitching, as the offense has been decent, but not very impressive. Now with Greinke struggling against the red hot Cardinals and with Wainwright having a quality outing, I can only expect the Cardinals to win tonight's game.
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Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 904 St Louis Cardinals ML (w/ A. Wainwright) @ -141 / 1.71 on Bovada
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