Baseball Betting Odds: Cardinals vs Astros Free Pick

We ruined a perfect NFL Free Pick post by adding the Cardinals vs Astros as a MLB Bonus Best Bet last night. The research, and subsequent conclusion that the Cards were the right side, was correct.

St. Louis dominated the game, with 12 hits and five walks earned, to just nine hits and two walks earned for the Astros. In the end, the Astros tallied a 5-4 win on the scoreboard.

We are going to cruise with the Cards again tonight.

MLB Wild Card Race: Cardinals vs Astros Preview

This baseball betting action is slated for 8:05 PM ET on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 from Minute Maid Park in Houston Texas. If a team was ever desperate – the Cards are that team tonight!

After going 3-13 with runners in scoring position last night, St. Louis manager La Russa has got to get his troops to lighten up some and not grip the sticks so tightly in tonight’s contest.

In one instance, the Cardinals had the bases loaded, with no one out, and managed just one run in what should have been a monster fifth inning.

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We like the pitching match-up for this contest as Jake Westbrook is 2-0 (2.38 ERA) against the Astros this season. Westbrook has allowed just eight runs, in 24.2 innings pitched, over his last five starts. If he can keep his walk total down (18 in his last 20.2 innings pitched) the Cardinals bats should do the rest.

Henry Sosa, who is 3-5 with a 4.68 ERA this season, heads to the hill for Houston tonight. Sosa has been average for the Astros as he has allowed 26 hits, and 12 runs, over his last 20.2 innings of work. Sosa can also be erratic at times as he has given 12 free passes over his last four starts.

Baseball Betting Odds: Cardinals @ Astros Free Pick

Tonight’s baseball betting odds for our Astros vs. Cardinals Free Pick come to us courtesy of the sportsbook at the Bodog.com online sports and entertainment wager website.

Comparing the odds from last night, to this contest tonight, the Bookmakers obviously like the Cardinals in this one as well. The Cards were getting -135 on the Money Line last night but they have ballooned to -190 tonight.

It’s a short price, but we’re still buying – with a double unit bet!

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