Las Vegas MLB Lines: Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

Friday, June 29, 2012

Mike Stewart

  Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, June 29, 2012
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
TV: 8:15 p.m. ET, ROOT Sports (Pittsburgh), Fox Sports Midwest (St. Louis)

Opening Line: St. Louis -200
Current Line: St. Louis -220
MLB Betting Lines from: Bovada Sportsbook

The Pirates and Cardinals were tied for second in the National League Central before Pittsburgh Pirates salvaged a four-game series split in Philadelphia with a 5-4 victory on Thursday, improving to 20-11 since May 25. The up-and-down Cardinals had a five-game win streak snapped in Miami on Wednesday. St. Louis Cardinals has won both series between the clubs this season, taking four of the six games.

Despite a largely punchless offense, the Pirates have remained in playoff contention behind a strong pitching staff that ranks fifth in the major leagues with a 3.47 ERA. Starters A.J. Burnett and James McDonald are a combined 14-5, and the back-end bullpen combination of Jason Grilli and Joel Hanrahan has been extremely effective. St. Louis has leaned on an offense that ranks among the league leaders in most major categories.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Pirates RH Kevin Correia (3-6, 4.03 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Adam Wainwright (6-7, 4.32)

Correia has been solid if unspectacular lately, going 2-1 while the Pirates have won four of his last six starts. He took a loss against Detroit on June 24 despite allowing just two runs in six innings, and he has given up three runs or fewer in seven of his last nine outings. Correia has made 13 appearances (six starts) against St. Louis, going 2-3 with a 3.86 ERA.

Wainwright hasn’t gotten much help lately — the Cardinals are 1-2 in his his last three outings even though he has yielded just five runs on 16 hits in 21 innings during that stretch, striking out 19. He got a win over Pittsburgh on May 1 despite giving up four runs in seven innings. Wainwright is 8-3 with a 4.79 ERA in 18 career games (14 starts) against the Pirates.

1. The Pirates have been awful on the road in recent years, winning just 78 of their last 245 away games. They are 17-22 away from home this season.

2. St. Louis hitters are a combined 36-for-118 (.305) against Correia, led by INF Skip Schumacher (7-for-16, 2 2B, RBI).

3. Pittsburgh INF Casey McGehee is just 1-for-15 in his career against Wainwright. RF Jose Tabata is 4-for-9 with a home run and three RBIs.

Recent Trends on Pittsburgh: :

• Under is 9-1-2 in PIT last 12 Fri. games.
• Over is 19-7-1 in PIT last 27 road games.
• PIT are 78-167 in their last 245 road games.

Recent Trends on St. Louis: :

• Under is 8-1 in STL last 9 home games.
• STL are 1-7 in their last 8 Fri. games.
• Over is 11-3 in STL last 14 Fri. games.

Head to Head :

• PIT are 2-6 in the last 8 meetings.
• PIT are 5-14 in the last 19 meetings in St. Louis.

USA Sports Betting Lines MLB Prediction: St. Louis -220

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