REDS/CARDINALS Under 9 +100 - I cashed a ticket with the Under in last night?s 3-1 Cardinal victory, and I expect these teams? bats to be silent again tonight. The Under is now 8-2 in the last 10 head-to-head meetings between these clubs, and neither team is hitting the ball particularly well right now. Wright impressed in his Cardinals debut, allowing just 2 runs and 6 hits in 6 innings. He has now posted 6 Quality Starts in his last 7 starts, coinciding with a one-on-one meeting Wright had with Greg Maddux the last time the Brewers visited Atlanta. He will be helped by a struggling Cincinnati offense that has a team batting average of just .238 in the last 10 games. Dempster has also shown improvement of late, posting 3 Quality Starts in his last 5 starts. Don?t forget that he was thought to have a great future when he was with the Marlins, so he does have the potential to pitch like this on a more consistent basis. Dempster has had success against the Cardinals, going 2-1 in his last 3 starts against them with all 3 starts being Quality Starts. As a team, the Under is now 7-3 in Cincinnati?s last 10 games, with a scant average total score in those games of 7.70 runs per game. Similarly, the Cards? last 10 games have averaged 8.50 total runs, still good enough to go Under here.
