Should I Bet the Under on the Cardinals vs. Dodgers Game Tuesday Night August 5?
The St. Louis Cardinals vs. LA Dodgers game features a total of 9 for Tuesday night's game. The last four games of this series played in LA have averaged around an 8.5 total while four of the last ten in the series have seen a total of 9 or greater (though no more than 9.5). Five of the last six games have witnessed Under 9 runs scored.
ESPN suggests this could be a low scoring affair.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will be deploying a six-man rotation, with Emmet Sheehan joining the group for Tuesday's road date with the St. Louis Cardinals. Lately, Sheehan has been piggybacking with Shohei Ohtani. The Dodgers offense is in a rut, averaging the fewest runs per game in MLB over the last month, but they'll snap out of it. The Cardinals are scoring the fourth-fewest runs per game for the last month, but they're less likely to rebound since they lack the power of the Dodgers.
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (6-8, 4.83 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 75 strikeouts); Dodgers: Emmet Sheehan (2-2, 3.60 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)
Sheehan has given up just one home run over his last 25 innings of pitching.
Greater than 70% of the total action was on the Over. This one only briefly moved to the 9.5 at DraftKings.
The St. Louis Cardinals bring a 1-0 lead into the next game of the series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Los Angeles is 65-48 overall and 35-22 in home games. The Dodgers have hit 165 total home runs to lead the NL.
St. Louis has a 25-33 record in road games and a 57-57 record overall. Cardinals hitters are batting a collective .249, which ranks eighth in the NL.
The teams play Tuesday for the fifth time this season. The Cardinals lead the season series 3-1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Shohei Ohtani has 14 doubles, seven triples and 38 home runs while hitting .274 for the Dodgers. Freddie Freeman is 16 for 41 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.
Willson Contreras leads the Cardinals with 15 home runs while slugging .443. Ivan Herrera is 10 for 35 with a double, a home run and an RBI over the last 10 games.
Keep in mind that Mikolas has permitted 30 hits in 99 at bats vs. these Dodgers. Ohtani is 4-for-8 against him. Freeman is 9-for-20 with six RBIs.
Mikolas allowed five hits and two runs without walking a batter and striking out five over six innings in a loss against the Marlins on Wednesday but won his previous start with five scoreless innings.
Sheehan allowed one hit and three runs – none earned – with three walks and five strikeouts across 3 2/3 innings in a loss against the Reds his last start.
It's tough to pull the trigger on the Under here with the Dodgers top stars hot against Mikolas, especially with the Cardinals on the road.
You can still get the Dodgers at -181.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
