Cardinals vs Astros Baseball Odds

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The St. Louis Cardinals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. The Cardinals will give the ball to ace starter Chris Carpenter in this one. Righthander Carpenter is 14-4 this season with a 2.93 ERA. The Astros will counter Carpenter with Wandy Rodriguez. Lefthander Rodriguez has a 3.87 ERA to go along with a 10-12 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game's total has not yet been posted. J.A. Happ tossed a complete-game, two-hitter to lead the Astros past the Cardinals 3-0 on Monday night. Houston won as +115 home underdogs, while the game played UNDER the 7.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. Brett Wallace went 3-for-3 with a run batted in for the Astros, as Carlos Lee also drove in a run for Houston. Jake Westbrook allowed three runs over seven innings to take the loss for St. Louis. Current streak: St. Louis has lost 3 straight games. Team records: St. Louis: 69-60 SU Houston: 60-71 SU St. Louis most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 6-4 Before playing Houston are 3-7 After playing Houston are 6-4 After a loss are 2-8 Houston most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing St. Louis are 8-2 After playing St. Louis are 5-5 After a win are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 15 of St. Louis's last 23 games when playing Houston The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis Houston is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games Next up: Houston home to St. Louis, Wednesday, September 1 Because the Power of 620 sports services behind every selection, the MasterLockLine monitors each and every one of the nation's top sports services, handicappers, tip sheets and syndicates, you will get every Game of the Year play worth betting. Every last one in the industry is yours. That's why you get more legitimate service Games of the Year on the MasterLockLine than anyone else.