St. Louis Cardinals (10-7) vs Arizona Diamondbacks (8-11)
Game Info: Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 7:45 pm (Busch Stadium)
Dakota Hudson (1-1) (3.95) vs Humberto Castellanos (1-0) (3.00)
Betting Odds: St. Louis Cardinals -165 / Arizona Diamondbacks +140 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Arizona Diamondbacks will play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of their series at Busch Stadium on Thursday night.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 8-11 this season and have split their last four games, with two wins and two losses. Arizona is coming off of a series win against the Dodgers, where they won two of three games. The Arizona pitching staff has a 3.25 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .235 opponent batting average this season. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 57 runs with a .178 batting average and a .273 on base percentage. Daulton Varsho is batting .197 with four home runs and nine RBI’s this season for the Diamondbacks. The projected starter for Arizona is Humberto Castellanos, who is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP over 12 innings pitched.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 10-7 this season and have lost three of their last four games. St. Louis is coming off of a series loss to the Mets, where they lost two of three. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.14 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and a .241 opponent batting average. The Cardinals offense has scored 72 runs with a .237 batting average and a .317 on base percentage this season. Nolan Arenado is batting .375 with five home runs and 17 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Dakota Hudson, who is 1-1 with a 3.95 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP over 13.2 innings pitched this season.
Arizona is 6-1 in their last 7 Thursday games and 45-108 in their last 153 games. The over is 5-2-2 in Arizona’s last 9 Thursday games. St. Louis is 5-1 in their last 6 Thursday games and 8-3 in their last 11 home games. The under is 7-1 in St. Louis’ last 8 games. The under is 6-1 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings in St. Louis.
Arizona is coming off of two very good wins against the Dodgers and will be full of confidence after the big series win. St. Louis has struggled lately and was involved in a benches clearing situation on Wednesday. I like the over in this game as I think it is set too low.