Giants vs Cardinals Baseball Betting

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Busch Stadium. The Giants will give the ball to starter Madison Bumgarner in this one. Lefthander Bumgarner is 4-4 this season with a 3.27 ERA. The Cardinals will counter Bumgarner with Jake Westbrook. Righthander Westbrook has a 4.48 ERA to go along with a 7-7 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Giants scored three runs in the first inning as they went on to defeat the Phillies 5-2 on Thursday. San Francisco won that game as +170 underdogs, while the seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8.5) set by sportsbooks. Buster Posey led the Giants with two RBIs, and Pablo Sandoval went deep in the win. Jonathan Sanchez pitched eight innings for the win, and Brian Wilson notched his 34th save. The Cardinals were stopped 3-2 by the Brewers last time out, as -270 favorites. The teams played UNDER that game's posted over/under (7.5) set by sportsbooks. Adam Wainwright was tagged with the Cardinals loss, giving up seven hits and three runs over his seven innings. Current streak: St. Louis has lost 4 straight games. Team records: San Francisco: 68-54 SU St. Louis: 65-53 SU San Francisco most recently: When playing on Friday are 3-7 Before playing St. Louis are 7-3 After playing Philadelphia are 6-4 After a win are 4-6 St. Louis most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing San Francisco are 4-6 After playing Milwaukee are 4-6 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games when playing St. Louis San Francisco is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing St. Louis San Francisco is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis San Francisco is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing San Francisco The total has gone OVER in 10 of St. Louis's last 15 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games St. Louis is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing San Francisco Next up: St. Louis home to San Francisco, Saturday, August 21 It's an indisputable fact that the top football handicappers  are at OffshoreInsiders.com, but now the secrets as to why they become the nation's No. 1 sports handicapping website are out.