Cardinals-Braves Pointers

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Turner Field. The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Chris Carpenter in this one. Righthander Carpenter is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be Jair Jurrjens who starts for the Braves. Righthander Jurrjens is 10-5 with a 3.02 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Yadier Molina was 3-for-5 with two runs batted in, as the Cardinals handled the Braves 8-3 on Tuesday night. St. Louis won as +140 road underdogs as the teams played over the 9-run total posted by oddsmakers. Albert Pujols went 2-for-4 with a homer for the Cardinals, while Ryan Franklin picked up the victory in relief of starter Todd Wellemeyer for St. Louis. Gregor Blanco was 4-for-4 with an RBI for Atlanta, as Rafael Soriano was tagged with the loss after coming in for Braves starter Jorge Campillo. Current streak: St. Louis has won 2 straight games. Atlanta has lost 4 straight games. Team records: St. Louis: 60-49 SU Atlanta: 49-57 SU St. Louis most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 7-3 Before playing Atlanta are 4-6 After playing Atlanta are 8-2 After a win are 5-5 Atlanta most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 4-6 Before playing St. Louis are 4-6 After playing St. Louis are 3-7 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games on the road St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 7 of Atlanta's last 9 games when playing at home against St. Louis The total has gone OVER in 11 of Atlanta's last 16 games when playing St. Louis Next up: Atlanta home to St. Louis, Thursday, July 31