Cardinals-Braves Pointspread Pointers

The Atlanta Braves will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals at Turner Field. Righthander Todd Wellemeyer will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Wellemeyer is 8-4 this season with a 4.19 ERA. It'll be Jorge Campillo toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander Campillo is 5-4 with a 3.24 ERA so far this season. Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Albert Pujols drove in three runs, as the Cardinals drilled the Braves 12-3 on Monday night. St. Louis cashed as -110 road favorites as the game played over the 9.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. Joe Mather was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer for the Cardinals, while winning pitcher Braden Looper gave up two runs over seven innings for St. Louis. Mark Teixeira and Yunel Escobar were both 2-for-4 with a run batted in for Atlanta, as Charlie Morton was rocked for eight runs over 3 2-3 innings to take the loss for the Braves. Current streak: Atlanta has lost 3 straight games. Team records: St. Louis: 59-49 SU Atlanta: 49-56 SU St. Louis most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 7-3 Before playing Atlanta are 3-7 After playing Atlanta are 7-3 After a win are 4-6 Atlanta most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing St. Louis are 5-5 After playing St. Louis are 4-6 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games on the road St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 8 games when playing on the road against Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 10 of St. Louis's last 15 games when playing Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing at home against St. Louis Atlanta is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games when playing at home against St. Louis Next up: Atlanta home to St. Louis, Wednesday, July 30