T.M. Selection: Cincinnati Reds +1.5.

I like the Cincinnati Reds runline against the St Louis Cardinals in this game on Saturday. The Reds have looked terrible this year and they have lost 10 games in a row now but I think they are due for a bounce back as bad as they have been and I think they have the best shot at getting that win in 1 of these home games. The Cardinals have won 3/4 of their previous 4 games but they haven't been putting up a lot of runs in their games and I think they are going to struggle to bring in runs against Tyler Mahle (1-1, 7.82 ERA). Mahle had a great 1st start of the year but he has not looked good in his 2 starts since then. He had some tougher teams to pitch against in those games though and I think he will have a better time against the Cardinals here who aren't the strongest hitting team. Mahle had a pretty good year last season and I think he can bounce back with a better performance here since he has already shown he can pitch well in that 1st start. Dakota Hudson (0-1, 7.71 ERA) is up for the Cardinals here and he has already had 2 bad starts this year but unlike Mahle, he hasn't had a good start yet. I think Hudson is still struggling to find his groove at the start of this year and I think the Reds will take advantage of this opportunity to break out of their funk. The Reds aren't going to lose all of thir games this year and I think this is a great spot for them to finally snap out of it and get a win. I like the Reds runline here but I think they can win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 4-1 Reds.