July 30 - After a long extra inning game look toward the Over in the next game

You must always be looking at the recap and box score of every MLB game to find rare situations to take advantage of. One of those has presented itself tonight and sharp bettors have already started moving the line.

LA Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals

These two teams played a marathon game last night ending with an Albert Pujols RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 15th inning to give the Cardinals a 3-2 victory. Both teams had several chances in extra innings in a game that lasted 4 hours, 53 minutes and included 453 pitches. Combined the teams went through 13 pitchers to throw that tremendous amount of pitches. To put it simply, the bullpens are spent! Now they have to come back out tonight and face eachother again relying on starting pitchers to get them late into the game. Problem is neither pitcher is known for that.

Julio Lugo trots home victoriously after Albert Pujols sends a shot over the center fielder in the 15th inning.

While everything has been going the Cardinals' way in this series, they haven't had much luck with scheduled starter Kyle Lohse (4-6, 4.35 ERA) on the mound lately. Lohse is just 1-6 with a 5.44 ERA in his last nine starts, with the Cardinals winning just once in that span.
In Lohse's loss to Philadelphia on Saturday, he needed 90 pitches to throw just four innings. The right-hander allowed three runs, four hits and three walks in his third start since missing 4 1/2 weeks with a right forearm strain. Injuries never help a starter get far into the game.


Los Angeles counters with Hiroki Kuroda (3-5, 4.57). He brings in an even worse 5.78 ERA over his last 4 starts. Asian pitchers always seem to tire after the All Star break and Kuroda is no different and getting even worse. The Dodgers offense has been in a slump but had plenty of opportunities to break out of it Wednesday, but they left 15 runners on base. This team has good hitters and when they get going can put up a lot of runs.


Lets win today's bet by not taking either team but take Over the total that sharp bettors have already started to move. The line started at 8 and is already up to 9 at this point. Lock it in before the bookmakers move it up another half.


PURE PROFETS PLAY OF THE DAY:


LA DODGERS/ST LOUIS CARDINALS OVER 9


Good luck as always and lets go watch a slugfest.