The Cardinals are delighted by the performance on Monday of Pujol and they hope it may begin a streak of hitting for him. At the same time the Padres are looking for their Start at first to correct the problems he has had playing at home and that he will break out of the slump on this road trip.

The Padres record is 13-9 this 2010 season at home while the Cardinals are at almost an even 11-12 while playing away and on the road. With that said, it appears that the Twins and the Yankees have an equal chance of winning this matchup. Will this have a positive effect on the MLB Betting lines or MLB odds for this series game?
The Cardinals and the Padres Stats:
The Cardinals are: 26-20 SU
The Padres are: 27-18 SU
The Padres lately:
While playing Wednesday’s they are 6-4
Before they played the Padres they were 9-1
After they played the Padres they are 8-2
After their last loss they are 6-4

The Padres lately:
While playing Wednesday’s they are 3-7
Before they played the Cardinals they were 2-8
After they played the Cardinals they are 4-6
After their last win they are 5-5
The Next Game is:
The Padres at home vs. the Cardinals, on Thursday, May 27
MLB Odds Makers have the lines at present for the CARDINALS at -1 ½ (+145) and the PADRES at +1 ½ (-165) and the Total – Over 6 ½ (-120) and under 6 ½ (EV) and the CARDINALS are -115 and the PADRES are +105 on the Money Line.

The Starting pitchers will be Lefthander Cliff Lee for the Mariners who is 1-2 with an ERA of 2.08 and for the Padres it will be Lefthander Wade LeBlanc, who is 2-1 with and ERA of 1.54. A reminder that Lee is a 2008 AL Cy Young winner and has given NL teams a lot of discomfort during his tenure there. A new addition to the Mariners staff, Lee has looked very sharp in his first four outings.

It’s a little difficult to figure why the bookies are favoring the Mariners in this game
because they are at the bottom of all AL West team standings. The upgrade is because the team just yesterday rallied in the ninth inning against the Toronto sending in three runs and winning the game 4-3.

The Mariners are the favorites as they are at home and their record there is 9-11 so far this MLB season, while the Padres on the road are at 12-8 thus far. These stats tend to give the Mariners a 54 % possibility for taking this match-up , so it will certainly make for a change for MLB betting fans as well as movement for the MLB Odds in place as this is a very weak evaluation considering all statistics.
The Padres and the Mariners Stats:
The Padres are: 24-17 SU
The Mariners are: 15-26 SU
The Padres lately:
While playing Friday’s they are 7-3
Before they played the Mariners they were 2-8
After they played the Dodgers they are 3-7
After their last loss they are 7-3

The Mariners lately:
While playing Friday’s they are 4-6
Before they played the Padres they were 7-3
After they played Toronto they are 6-4
After their last win they are 5-5
The Next Game is:
Mariners at home vs. the Padres, on Saturday, May 22

MLB Odds Makers have the lines at present for the Mariners at -1 ½ (+130) and the Padres at +1 ½ (-150) and the Total – Over 6 ½ (+105) and the under 6 ½ (-125) and the Mariners are -163 and the Padres are + 153 on the Money Line.

The Mets (2-5), unfortunately find themselves in familiar territory so far this year: last in the NL East. Last year was a baseball betting aberration, or so the Met’s faithful hoped. After being absolutely depleted by injuries it was no wonder that the team finished near the bottom of the NL betting competition. But this MLB betting season was supposed to be different.

With a healthy roster, ace Johan Santana finally in good form and host of free agent bats meant to bolster the team’s meager run production in the 2010 MLB odds action, this was going to be the year the team got back into MLB playoff betting contention. But it hasn’t happened yet and the team’s baseball postseason betting hopes won’t get any help facing a dominating Cardinal staff and stacked lineup.

The Cards (5-2) starting pitching has been among the best in the NL betting action so far this year. Ace Adam Wainright has been all but unhittable (2-0, 1.20 ERA, 13 Ks) and his fellow starters haven’t been bad either. But the Card’s have the luxury of having an off night as well, as Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday have been blasting opposing pitchers so far this MLB betting season (8 HRs and 20 RBIs between the two of them through 7 baseball betting games).

Depending on the pitching matchups the Cards will win at least 2 of the 3 games in this MLB odds series and could even sweep.

The St. Louis Cardinals (5-2) have been dominating opponents so far in the young 2010 MLB betting season. The team started the year with a 4-2 road record before opening up the baseball betting action at Busch Stadium.

The New York Mets (2-5) have done just the opposite of the Red Birds in the 2010 betting odds action. This team has been a bit of a disappointment after stocking up on free agent bats in the baseball betting off season and getting its pitching staff more or less healthy. When the team heads to St Louis it will definitely have its work cut out for it and no baseball odds maker is going to give the team much of a chance in the game. Unless ace Johan Santana is pitching.

And this is a real possibility. Santana, the Cy Young winner, will either pitch the opening night of this 3-game baseball betting series on Friday, or he’ll pitch in this game. If that were to happen the Mets’ MLB odds of winning this game would increase tremendously. Santana only has one win this season and his ERA of 4.91 in 11 innings of work is hardly impressive but he’ll be ready to pitch in this series.

The Cards just might have their ace, Adam Wainright, on the mound which would turn this MLB odds matchup into a pitching duel between two of the best in the NL. Regardless of the teams’ records, that pitching matchup would make this a very interesting baseball betting proposition.

Still, the Cards offense is far superior to the Mets and it would take a near perfect performance by Santana to win this MLB betting matchup.

Even though the A’s (6-4) have lost two in a row, they’ve won six straight at home over the Orioles.

Starting pitchers are: for the Orioles , David Hernandez (0-1) and for the Athletics Ben Sheets (0-0). Despite their recent home success over the Orioles, the A’s could have a hard time getting the best of Orioles scheduled starter Hernandez. The right-hander gave up two runs in six innings of a 3-0 loss to Toronto on Saturday.

Orioles look for turnaround on Robinson Day- As all of baseball wears No. 42 on Thursday to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day!
Present streak:
Orioles have lost 6 straight games.
Athletics have lost 2 straight games.
Team Stats :
Orioles: 1-8 SU
Athletics: 6-4 SU
The Orioles more recently:
While playing on Thursday’s they are 4-6
Before playing the Athletics they were 1-9
After playing Tampa Bay they are 3-7
After a loss they are 2-8

The Athletics more recently:
While playing on Thursday’s they are 5-5
Before playing the Orioles they were 8-2
After playing Seattle they are 5-5
After a loss they are 3-7
Next up:
The Athletics at home with the Orioles, Friday, April 16