<p>After taking the first game of this three-game National League affair, the Cardinals shoot for the<br />
series victory Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. The venerable Adam Wainwright hits the hill<br />
for the home team here against Tony Gonsolin and his 11-0 record for Los Angeles.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Wednesday’s baseball betting lines opened the Dodgers and Gonsolin at around -150 over St. Louis and Wainwright, with an over/under of seven runs. Early betting action then dipped the<br />
Dodgers to -145.</p>
<h2>Dodgers-Cardinals MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>St. Louis took the opener of this series Tuesday night, 7-6. The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning, later led 6-1, let Los Angeles get within 6-5 but tacked on an insurance run and held on from there for the victory.<br />
St. Louis won Tuesday as a +145 underdog on the dime line and the game played over a total of 8.5 runs.<br />
With Tuesday’s win, the Cardinals now own a three-game winning streak. At 48-42 overall, St. Louis trails first-place Milwaukee by two games in the NL Central but also owns the No. 3 spot in the NL wild-card standings.<br />
Tuesday’s loss, meanwhile, snapped a seven-game winning streak for the Dodgers. At 56-30 overall, Los Angeles leads the NL West by 7.5 games over second-place San Diego and leads the Mets by three games in the battle for the best record in the National League.</p>
<p>This series is the first meeting between these teams this season. Last year the Dodgers took the season series from the Cardinals four games to three then beat St. Louis in the NL wild-card game 3-1.</p>
<h2>Wednesday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/39441&quot; title="Adam Wainwright Pitching Game Stats">Wainwright</a>, by our strict standards, is 9/17 on quality starts this season and two for his last three.<br />
Last Friday, he held Philadelphia to two runs and five hits through a full nine innings, although</p>
<p>St. Louis lost that game 2-0. And over his last three starts, he’s held opponents to six runs and 20<br />
hits, although four of those left the yard, through 21 2/3 innings.<br />
The Cardinals are 10-7 with Wainwright this season, and that’s about what they should be, based<br />
on his performances.</p>
<p>Over two starts against the Dodgers last season, including that wild-card game, Wainwright allowed five runs and 11 hits through 13 2/3 innings. St. Louis split those two games.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/281148&quot; title="Tony Gosolin Pitching Game Logs">Gonsolin</a> is 9/16 on quality starts this year and one out away from three in a row. Last Thursday, he held the Cubs to two runs and four hits through seven innings of a 5-3 Los Angeles victory.<br />
And over his last three starts, he’s allowed just four runs and 13 hits through 20 1/3 innings.<br />
The Dodgers are 13-3 with Gonsolin this season and 8-0 his last eight times out.<br />
In his only career start against the Cardinals, in September of last season, Gonsolin allowed one run and three hits through three innings of a 2-1 Dodgers defeat.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>Los Angeles is batting .255 against right-handed pitching this season, with an ML-best .333 team OBP and an ML-best .444 team slugging percentage. Numbers like those lead us to rank this line-<br />
up as the best in Baseball in this split.<br />
St. Louis is slashing .247/.314/.395 against right-handed pitching. The Cardinals have also been<br />
held to three runs or less seven times over their last ten games.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
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<li>The St. Louis bullpen owns a 3.45 ERA this season, along with a 1.21 WHIP.</li>
<li>The LA pen owns a 3.30 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP.</li>
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends </h2>
<p>The Dodgers are 26-17 on the road this season and 39-19 against right-handed starters.<br />
The Cardinals are 27-18 at home and 39-34 against right-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
<ul>
<li>The Under is 44-32 in Dodgers games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 45-41 in Cardinals games.</li>
<li>The Under is a combined 20-11 with Wainwright and Gonsolin this season.</li>
<li>The Over is 23-20 at Busch Stadium this season.</li>
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