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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Minute Maid Park.
Ace righthander Adam Wainwright will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Wainwright is 5-3 this season with a 3.12 ERA.
Wainwright's opponent in this one will be Shawn Chacon. The Astros righthander has a 4.41 ERA to go along with a 2-1 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 112-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game's total is sitting at 8½.
Brian Moehler tossed a two-hit shutout over seven innings as the Astros defeated the Cardinals 6-1 as -130 favorites on Friday. The seven runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Geoff Blum went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Astros. Moehler improved to 3-2 with the win.
Skip Schumaker went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Cardinals, who were +120 underdogs. Braden Looper gave up five runs off eight hits in six innings of work to suffer the loss.
Current streak:
St. Louis has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
St. Louis: 36-27 SU
Houston: 32-30 S
Ace righthander Adam Wainwright will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Wainwright is 5-3 this season with a 3.12 ERA.
Wainwright's opponent in this one will be Shawn Chacon. The Astros righthander has a 4.41 ERA to go along with a 2-1 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 112-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game's total is sitting at 8½.
Brian Moehler tossed a two-hit shutout over seven innings as the Astros defeated the Cardinals 6-1 as -130 favorites on Friday. The seven runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Geoff Blum went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Astros. Moehler improved to 3-2 with the win.
Skip Schumaker went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Cardinals, who were +120 underdogs. Braden Looper gave up five runs off eight hits in six innings of work to suffer the loss.
Current streak:
St. Louis has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
St. Louis: 36-27 SU
Houston: 32-30 S