St Louis Cardinals versus Philadelphia Phillies Pick Prediction MLB Betting Odds Preview 8-12-2012

Published on August 11, 2012 by Tony Tellez · No Comments

The St Louis Cardinals will conclude their weekend series with the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon.

First pitch from Philadelphia is set for 1:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the MLB package.

The road club St Louis Cardinals is now lined as a -120 favorite with a Phillies returning at +110 odds. The over under from this game is set at 8 ½ runs.

On the mound for the Cardinals will be Lance Lynn who works his 23rd game of the year. The St Louis righty is 13-5 with an ERA of 3.52 and WHIP of 1.29. He worked on August 7th and took the loss as the Cardinals were defeated by San Francisco 4-2 as a -210 home favorite. Lynn threw six innings and allowed four earned runs and eight hits.

Vance Worley gets the start for Philadelphia in the series finale as the faces the Cardinals batters. The Phillies right hander is 6-7 in 19 starts with an ERA of 3.83 and WHIP of 1.43. In his last appearance on August 6th he took the loss as the Phillies were beaten by Atlanta 6-1 as a +106 home underdog. Worley threw 3 2/3rd innings and allowed four earned runs and six hits.

The Cardinals evened this NL series at 1-1 with their 4-1 road win on Saturday against Philadelphia as a +128 underdog. The game went under 8 runs.

Trend: The under is 5-1 in Lance Lynn’s past six starts.

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