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The Cardinals-Padres Saturday game featured a line of St. Louis -100 at most books and nearly 70% of the action on the Cards.
St. Louis is 7-3 against San Diego in the last ten meetings. Even better, they are 7-1 in the last 8 meetings in San Diego.
PITCHING MATCHUP: Cardinals RH Michael Wacha (4-1, 3.15 ERA) vs. Padres RH Tyson Ross (2-3, 3.67)
Wacha has received back-to-back no-decisions after winning each of his previous four starts. Wacha is 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA in four career starts against San Diego and is undefeated in three previous outings at Petco Park.
Ross is 0-2 over his last four decisions despite allowing just one run in both no-decisions during the stretch. The 31-year-old allowed a season-worst five runs in losing to the Washington Nationals last time up.
He is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in six career appearances (three starts) against the Cardinals .
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
