Colorado Rockies (48-63) vs St. Louis Cardinals (60-48)
Tuesday, August 09, 2022 at 8:40 pm
This is a play on the COLORADO ROCKIES as part of our MLB Tuesday Underdog Double Play. Fresh off a sweep over the Yankees, the Cardinals have now won seven straight games and they have moved into first place in the National League Central, two games clear of the Brewers. The last six wins came at home where St. Louis is 35-20, the third best home record in the National League but it is just 25-28 on the road and this is a place where even the best teams can have bad things happen. Miles Mikolas is coming off a quality outing at home against the Cubs but has a 5.40 ERA over his last three starts and in six career appearances, four starts, against the Rockies, he has a 5.92 ERA including an 8.44 ERA in three games at Coors Field. The Rockies are back home for a much needed change of scenery. Colorado has gone 5-13 since the All-Star break and lost six of eight on its most recent road trip against San Diego and Arizona. They dropped to 18-36 on the road, which is the second worst road record in baseball, a half-game better than Detroit, but they are 30-27 at home while showing +7.7 units of profit. Ryan Feltner will be making another spot start in place of Chad Kuhl and he has been up and down. His last four starts have been on the road and his one home start not against the Braves resulted in seven innings where he allowed just one run on one hit, a home run, against Miami. Here, we play on National League home underdogs with a money line of +125 to +175 with a starting pitcher whose ERA is 6.20 or worse on the season and who walked one or fewer hitters each of his last two outings. This situation is 30-14 (68.2 percent) since 1997. 10* (908) Colorado Rockies