Colorado Rockies vs. St Louis Cardinals
Play: St Louis Cardinals

Colorado took game one of this four-game set between the Rockies and the Cardinals at Bush Stadium on Friday evening 11 to 4. The Cards will be looking to rebound from a poor performance sending Todd Wellemeyer to the bump with his 5-5 W/L record with an ERA of 5.05. His record at home is 2-4 W/L but the Cards have managed to win one more of his starts for a record of 3-4 W/L on the year. St. Louis is 19-11 W/L at Bush this season for +4.5 units and playing at night the Cards are 20-13 W/L for +4.6 units. Wellemeyer is 2-0 W/L with an ERA of 3.60 for a profit of +2.6 units versus the Colorado Rockies. Colorado will send Aaron Cook to the hill with a road record of 1-2 W/L with an ERA of 5.81 but the team record in his six starts on the highway is 1-5 W/L. The news doesn’t get any better when he faces the Cardinals Cook is 0-4 W/L with an ERA of 6.56 and his team is 0-6 W/L for -7.1 units. Colorado is 4-14 (-11.4) versus National League teams allowing 4.3 or less runs per game this season. We are backing the host as the Cardinals grab game two and even the series on Saturday at Bush Stadium in St. Louis.

Graded Selection: 2* St. Louis Cardinals 5 Colorado Rockies 3