Montreal (Vazquez) @ St. Louis (Morris)
Well get out the brooms as I see the Cards sweeping the Expos right out of St. Louis today and I will give you a few good resons why I think that way!
Montreal gives the start to Vazquez today who has been nothing short of amazing so far this year with the Expos going 5-1 when he gets the start. He has an ERA of 2.50 and a very nice WHIP of 0.91. But today he is in for a rude awakening as he has been allot less impressive when he faces the Red Birds with a record of 1-4 an ERA of 4.10 and a WHIP of 1.366, in his last start in St. Louis he lasted just 4 innings giving up 4 earned runs throwing 95 pitches. Throw in that he has thrown 120 and 121 pitches in his last two starts and I think he may be a little vulberable today.
The Cards will counter with Matt Morris who has been solid this year with a 2.53 ERA and a solid WHIP of 1.03, his last three starts have seen those numbers come down significantly with an ERA of 1.89 and a WHIP of 1.16. St. Louis is also 4-1 in Morris's last 5 starts against the Expos with a 3-0 record when he takes the hill at home.
The Expos offense has been unimpressive against right handed starters averaging just 4.3 runs a game with a team batting average of just .245, while defensively they have been solid allowing the opposition to score just 3.5 runs a game. The bullpen has been solid with a 3.18 ERA but they have given up 16 homers and that could hurt them against the hard hitting Cards.
The Cardinal ofense has been solid averaging 5.7 runs a game with a team batting average of .290 when they face righties. On defense they have been solid also allowing just 3.5 runs a game and holding their opponents to just a .318 on base percentage. When they are in the friendly confines of Busch Stadium they have commited just 6 errors in 12 games. The bullpen has been their Achilles heal but Morris has gone late into games averaging 7 innings per start.
Home Plate umpire Dana Demuth seems to favor the home team with them going 5-1 when he makes the calls and home favorites of 125-160 are a perfect 3-0 so far this year. He has a strike out percentage of 63.22% with the over going 3-4.
Bottom line is we get one of the best home pitchers in baseball at a great price in my opinion because of Vazquez's impressive numbers who has had trouble with the Cards and I see that continuing today!
Playing St. Louis -142
Well get out the brooms as I see the Cards sweeping the Expos right out of St. Louis today and I will give you a few good resons why I think that way!
Montreal gives the start to Vazquez today who has been nothing short of amazing so far this year with the Expos going 5-1 when he gets the start. He has an ERA of 2.50 and a very nice WHIP of 0.91. But today he is in for a rude awakening as he has been allot less impressive when he faces the Red Birds with a record of 1-4 an ERA of 4.10 and a WHIP of 1.366, in his last start in St. Louis he lasted just 4 innings giving up 4 earned runs throwing 95 pitches. Throw in that he has thrown 120 and 121 pitches in his last two starts and I think he may be a little vulberable today.
The Cards will counter with Matt Morris who has been solid this year with a 2.53 ERA and a solid WHIP of 1.03, his last three starts have seen those numbers come down significantly with an ERA of 1.89 and a WHIP of 1.16. St. Louis is also 4-1 in Morris's last 5 starts against the Expos with a 3-0 record when he takes the hill at home.
The Expos offense has been unimpressive against right handed starters averaging just 4.3 runs a game with a team batting average of just .245, while defensively they have been solid allowing the opposition to score just 3.5 runs a game. The bullpen has been solid with a 3.18 ERA but they have given up 16 homers and that could hurt them against the hard hitting Cards.
The Cardinal ofense has been solid averaging 5.7 runs a game with a team batting average of .290 when they face righties. On defense they have been solid also allowing just 3.5 runs a game and holding their opponents to just a .318 on base percentage. When they are in the friendly confines of Busch Stadium they have commited just 6 errors in 12 games. The bullpen has been their Achilles heal but Morris has gone late into games averaging 7 innings per start.
Home Plate umpire Dana Demuth seems to favor the home team with them going 5-1 when he makes the calls and home favorites of 125-160 are a perfect 3-0 so far this year. He has a strike out percentage of 63.22% with the over going 3-4.
Bottom line is we get one of the best home pitchers in baseball at a great price in my opinion because of Vazquez's impressive numbers who has had trouble with the Cards and I see that continuing today!
Playing St. Louis -142
