Cardinals v. Nationals Picks
Written April 29, 2009 by Jack Jones
The Cardinals will send right-hander Mitchell Boggs to the mound on Thursday night as they visit the Washington Nationals. Entering last night’s contest against the Braves, the Cardinals record stood at 14-7, while Washington was 4-15 before their game in Philadelphia. The Nationals will be sending out Daniel Cabrera to the hill against St. Louis and he’s an early +115 underdog while the Cards are the -115 favorite. The baseball odds on the total for this game has been set at 10, with the juice at -130 for the under and +110 for the over.
St. Louis has been hitting the ball very well this year, scoring 5.7 runs per game on .288 hitting. On the road though this team has fallen off to only .254 hitting, which is why they are 4-4 as the visitor. Against right-handed starters though the Cards have caught fire, going 8-4 with a .310 team average and 6.6 runs per game. Boggs has made one start this year, going 5.7 innings and given up 1 unearned run on six hits against the Chicago Cubs. He also made a releif appearance against the Cubs in which he gave up a single run in two innings. Don’t expect his low ERA to hold up though, as Boggs gave up 29 runs in 34 innings a year ago, good for a 7.41 ERA and a 1.88 WHIP.
Washington has been bad this year, but their on-base percentage isn’t all that bad at .351. One of the problems for the Nationals has been pitching, especially the bullpen that has given up 44 runs in 67 innings of work, blowing six saves out of six chances. The right-handed Cabrera is a pitcher I looked to go against the past couple of years. In 2007 he was 9-18 with a 5.55 ERA and 1.54 WHIP and in 2008 he was 8-10 but with a 5.25 ERA and 1.61 WHIP. The strange thing about those numbers is that he was even worse at home than on the road which has to make you weary about the Nationals here today. However, he appears to have gotten a little better so far this year, giving up just three earned runs in 10 innings at home and four earned runs in his last 12.3 innings overall. The thing I don’t like about him is that he has given up 12 walks in 18.3 innigns and has struck out only seven batters. His WHIP is 2.03 in his last three starts, which means he’s lucky to have his 2.92 ERA.
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i AM LEANING nATS, II like Home team , Cards banged up.
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