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Alex Smart

(Nice winner last night on Florida!)

4* St. Louis Cardinals +110

The St. Louis Cardinals go head to head with the LA Dodgers in southern California tonight in a contest that Im betting favors the road underdog. The Cardinals starting pitcher, a viable Cy Young award candidate Adam Wainwright (14-7, 2.62 ERA), is one of MLB's most consistent starters, and when under rated by the lines makers is a very viable hurler to back as is evident by his teams 9-0 record as a road underdog. Wainwright is 6-0 with a 2.79 ERA in his last six on the outings and has seen his team win all 7 of his road starts at night this season. The right-hander's ERA and 149 strikeouts rank fifth in the NL in their respective categories. That is not a good omen for dodgers starting thrower Jayson Kershaw who has seen his team lose his last 5 starts thanks to a lack of run support. It must also be noted that the thrower was frustrated once again in his last meeting with the Cardinals on July 29, yielding four hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings of a 3-2, 15-inning loss.

Final notes & Key Trends: Cardinals are 9-4 L/13 meetings here in LA and are 35-16 in the L/51 overall confrontations. Wainwrights team when he starts against a winning team in the 2nd half of the season, dating back to last year is a
perfect 8-0.

Play on the St. Louis Cardinals - 4*