Cardinals vs Astros Baseball Betting

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The division rival St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros are set to renew hostilities on Sunday when they meet at Minute Maid Park. Blake Hawksworth will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. Righthander Hawksworth is 1-2 this season with a 5.40 ERA. The Astros will counter Hawksworth with Wandy Rodriguez. Lefthander Rodriguez has a 5.00 ERA to go along with a 6-10 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Astros listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Pedro Feliz drove in a pair of runs as the Astros defeated the Cardinals 4-1 on Saturday. The Astros won that game as -130 favorites, while the five runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Jeff Keppinger went deep for the Astros and scored twice. Brett Myers scattered five hits and one run over eight innings for the win, while Matt Lindstrom tossed a scoreless ninth for his 21st save. Jeff Suppan gave up seven hits and four runs over 4 2-3 innings in suffering the Cardinals loss. Team records: St. Louis: 46-41 SU Houston: 36-52 SU St. Louis most recently: When playing on Sunday are 4-6 Before playing LA Dodgers are 3-7 After playing Houston are 4-6 After a loss are 6-4 Houston most recently: When playing on Sunday are 5-5 Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4 After playing St. Louis are 5-5 After a win are 5-5 A few trends to consider: St. Louis is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Houston St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games St. Louis is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road St. Louis is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Houston Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games Houston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against St. Louis Next up: St. Louis home to LA Dodgers, Thursday, July 15 Houston at Pittsburgh, Friday, July 16 Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.