Mets vs. Cardinals Betting Preview - May 4, 2021

While we get that Jacob deGrom (2-2, 0.51 ERA) is starting for the Mets, each of the last eleven games in this series have gone OVER the current total of 6.5.

deGrom has struck out 59 batters and walked only four. He has struck out 14 or more batters three times while earning the National League Pitcher of the Month honors for April.

In the five games he's started in, the opposing team has scored no more than three runs.  Three of those five have stayed UNDER the current total.

Against the Cardinals deGrom is 4-2 with a 3.95 ERA in seven starts. Nolan Arenado (2-for-20, five strikeouts) and Paul Goldschmidt (1-for-8, three strikeouts) have struggled against him while Paul DeJong (4-for-11, double, two homers) has fared well.

Johan Oviedo (0-0, 2.79 ERA) will start for St. Louis.

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com