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The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Shea Stadium. The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Mitchell Boggs in this one. Righthander Boggs is 3-1 this season with a 6.75 ERA. Boggs's opponent in this one will be Michael Pelfrey. The Mets righthander has a 3.81 ERA to go along with a 8-6 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Brewers scored two runs in the ninth to come back and defeat the Cardinals 4-3 as -125 favorites on Thursday. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8). Rick Ankiel and Albert Pujols drove in the runs for the Cardinals, who were +110 underdogs in that game. Ryan Franklin gave up two runs in relief and was tagged with the loss. Carlos Delgado drove in two runs in the eighth on Thursday afternoon to lead the Mets to a 3-1 win over the Phillies. The Mets were winners as -145 home favorites in that contest, while the combined score fell well UNDER the day's posted total (9). Current streak: St. Louis has lost 4 straight games. New York has won 2 straight games. Team records: St. Louis: 57-47 SU New York: 55-47 SU St. Louis most recently: When playing on Friday are 2-8 Before playing NY Mets are 5-5 After playing Milwaukee are 2-8 After a loss are 5-5 New York most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing St. Louis are 6-4 After playing Philadelphia are 8-2 After a win are 8-2 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Mets The total has gone UNDER in 10 of St. Louis's last 14 games when playing NY Mets The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games on the road St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis NY Mets are 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home NY Mets are 13-3 SU in its last 16 games The total has gone UNDER in 10 of NY Mets's last 14 games when playing St. Louis Next up: NY Mets home to St. Louis, Saturday, July 26