St. Louis won 5-2 last night for its fourth victory in five games and the Cardinals will face Vince Velasquez tonight as he makes his second start of the season. Velasquez allowed two runs on five hits in four innings against Colorado on Friday. The right-hander finished 2020 with a 5.56 ERA and .269 opponent batting average and St. Louis hitters are batting .406 against him. Johan Oviedo will make his first start of the year for the Cardinals and he pitched four shutout innings vs. Milwaukee on April 11, his only appearance this season. The Phillies are 1-7 in Velasquez's past eight starts dating to last season, and they are 8-25 their past 33 road games vs. right-handed starters. Take the Cardinals.
This pick was released to clients on April 28, 2023 at 11:24AM ET.
MLB
Philadelphia at St. Louis
April 28, 2021
7:45 PM Eastern
1 unit on St. Louis -103 (moneyline) (risk 1 to return 1.97)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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