The St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Padres will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at PETCO Park.The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander John Smoltz in this game. Smoltz has a 2-5 record and a 8.32 ERA this season.
It'll be César Carrillo toeing the rubber for the Padres in this contest. Righthander Carrillo is 1-1 with a 11.88 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, while the game's total is sitting at 9.
Chris Carpenter tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just three hits as the Cardinals shut out the Padres 7-0 on Saturday. The Cardinals won the game as -200 favorites, and the seven runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (7).
Matt Holliday belted a three-run homer to lead the Cardinals. Carpenter improved to 14-3 with the victory.
Kevin Correia surrendered 10 hits and five runs over 5 2-3 innings in the loss for the Padres, who were +180 underdogs.
A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing San Diego
St. Louis is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
St. Louis is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against San Diego
San Diego is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis
San Diego is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games
San Diego is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games when playing St. Louis
Next up:
St. Louis home to Houston, Tuesday, August 25
San Diego at Atlanta, Tuesday, August 25
