Cardinals-Reds Vegas Betting Odds

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds will meet on the field at Great American Ball Park on Saturday in a battle of division rivals. Righthander Joel Pineiro will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Pineiro is 5-5 this season with a 4.82 ERA. It'll be ace Aaron Harang toeing the rubber for the Reds in this contest. Righthander Harang is 3-12 with a 5.34 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Reds listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Rick Ankiel belted a two-run homer and the Cardinals got past the Reds 5-3 in Friday's opener as a -110 favorite. The combined eight runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9.5). Jason LaRue also had two RBIs in helping the Cardinals. Brad Thompson allowed three runs off three hits over five innings for the victory. Chris Dickerson went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Reds, who came into that game at EVEN odds. Bronson Arroyo scattered nine hits and five runs over 6 1-3 innings in the loss. Current streak: St. Louis has won 3 straight games. Team records: St. Louis: 69-56 SU Cincinnati: 54-69 SU St. Louis most recently: When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4 After playing Cincinnati are 4-6 After a win are 5-5 Cincinnati most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing St. Louis are 6-4 After playing St. Louis are 5-5 After a loss are 3-7 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Cincinnati The total has gone UNDER in 9 of St. Louis's last 11 games when playing Cincinnati The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cincinnati's last 7 games when playing at home against St. Louis The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cincinnati's last 11 games when playing St. Louis Cincinnati is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games Next up: Cincinnati home to St. Louis, Sunday, August 17