We were in this same runline spot with the Cardinals Sunday in Arizona, and even when the bullpen turned a comfortable lead into a nail-biter, the number held and it cashed. St. Louis has dropped the first two games of this series to a lowly Angels club, but neither loss has been a laugher, and Hunter Dobbins gets the ball today after being recalled from Triple-A for a spot start. He's a small sample so far this season, but the strikeout stuff has missed bats more than his ERA suggests. Reid Detmers takes the mound for Los Angeles carrying a losing record and an ERA pushing past four, numbers that fit an Angels team that has struggled to put together complete games all year even while it's found a way to win this series so far. St. Louis has the deeper roster and the better bullpen in this matchup, and I don't need St. Louis to salvage the series outright, just to keep this one inside the number. St. Louis wins on the runline.
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Who was the public on? 56% of the public money was on Los Angeles Angels to win on the moneyline. And, 51% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 4.7 to 3.7 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline, St. Louis winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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St. Louis at Los Angeles
4:07 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 52% of the public money was on Los Angeles Angels to win on the moneyline. And, 67% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that St. Louis would win by a score of 4.9 to 3.9 with St. Louis winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 55% of the public money was on St. Louis Cardinals to win on the moneyline. And, 83% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that St. Louis would win by a score of 4.4 to 3.9 with St. Louis winning on the moneyline, Los Angeles winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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St. Louis at Los Angeles
10:10 PM Eastern
We had the Cardinals in this exact runline spot Sunday in Arizona, and the bullpen made it interesting: a five-run cushion turned into a blown seven-run lead and a walk-off loss in extra innings, but the number held and we cashed anyway. That's the case for backing this club right now, not against it. Kyle Leahy takes the ball tonight in Anaheim with a 3.73 ERA this season, and he draws an Angels team sitting 19 games under .500 at 36-55. José Soriano has a respectable ERA of his own for Los Angeles, but he's working with a lineup that simply hasn't shown it can keep games within a run or two against a club playing clearly better baseball right now. Sharp money has already piled onto St. Louis laying the runline tonight, even with the plus price attached. My model likes the Cardinals to pull away here rather than sneak by. Back St. Louis on the runline tonight.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 75% of the public money was on St. Louis Cardinals to win on the moneyline. And, 61% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Los Angeles would win by a score of 4.3 to 4.3 with Los Angeles winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 65% of the public money was on St. Louis Cardinals to win on the moneyline. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that St. Louis would win by a score of 4.5 to 4.5 with St. Louis winning on the moneyline, Los Angeles winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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