MLB Betting Free Picks: St. Louis @ Cincinnati
Added on Apr 09, 2010 by Jack Thurman in
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Baseball betting is now in full swing at this online sportsbook, and we’ll look at a National League matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. Cards won the NL Central last season while Cincinnati finished in fourth place 13 games back. This daytime start game will conclude a three game series at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park.
St. Louis Cardinals (Brad Penny) at Cincinnati Reds (Bronson Arroyo)
April 8, 9:35 AM Pacific
2010 has started much the same way that 2009 ended, with the Cards looking dominant and the Reds struggling. St. Louis has experienced little trouble with Cincinnati in the first two games of this series winning 11-6 and 6-3. Today’s game will match Brad Penny against Bronson Arroyo–both pitchers had a winning record last year but Arroyo’s ERA was better which is likely why this game is priced so competitively. In our view, however, its an opportunity to take the better team at a nice value price. Historically, Penny has pitched well against Cincinnati with a 7-2 career mark and a 3.36 ERA. The Reds’ bullpen has looked horrible in the opening games of the series, so even if Arroyo puts in a few good innings of work there’s a good chance the relief corps will blow it for him. Cards’ Albert Pujols already has 2 home runs and 4 RBI’s as he looks to be in MVP form. We’ll take St. Louis to complete the sweep at a nice price.
Bet St. Louis (Penny) -110 over Cincinnati (Arroyo)
