Cardinals-Braves Lines Preview

The fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Monday. The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Joel Pineiro in this one. Righthander Pineiro is 3-0 this season with a 4.12 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be Jair Jurrjens who starts for the Braves. Righthander Jurrjens is 2-1 with a 1.42 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 142-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Cardinals lost to the Cubs 10-3 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5). Yadier Molina and Rick Ankiel hit solo homers for St. Louis, while Todd Wellemeyer gave up five runs on seven hits over five innings to take the loss. The Braves lost to Cincinnati 8-2 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9.5). Chipper Jones was 3-4 with a run scored for Atlanta and Kenshin Kawakami was roughed up for eight runs on eight hits in 4 2-3 innings. Team records: St. Louis: 13-6 SU Atlanta: 9-9 SU St. Louis most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Atlanta are 6-4 After playing Chi Cubs are 2-8 After a loss are 6-4 Atlanta most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing St. Louis are 2-8 After playing Cincinnati are 6-4 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games when playing Atlanta St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta's last 7 games when playing St. Louis The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis The total has gone OVER in 12 of Atlanta's last 18 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games Next up: Atlanta home to St. Louis, Tuesday, April 28