T.M. Selection: Reds/Cardinals OVER.

I am on the over in the Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cardinals game on Friday. The Reds have lost 2 games in a row now but they have been getting really hot with their bats lately and they have started to put up a ton of runs in their games after a terrible start to the year. I expect them to continue with their hot bats here and I see them putting up runs on the Cardinals here who have been giving up a lot of runs lately. The Cardinals haven't really been scoring in their games lately but I think the start of a homestand here is the perfect situation for their bats to heat up and the Reds are still a terrible team no matter how well they have been hitting lately so I expect the bats to wake up here for the Cardinals and for them to put up some runs here. Luis Castillo (2-3, 3.55 ERA) is up for the Reds here and he hasn't been bad this year but he has also only had 1 start where he didn't give up a run and I think he is going to give up a few to the Cardinals here. Andre Pallante (1-0, 1.23 ERA) is up for the Cardinals here and he has been great this year, but almost all of his appearances have been as a reliever and this is still his rookie year too. He just had his 1st start in the MLB in his previous appearance and he pitched well with 1 run allowed but he also gave up 4 hits and had 4 walks too. He went against an offense that hasn't been great this year either but I think this Reds team will be able to bring in the runs if he gets himself into trouble here. I see there being runs in this game, I like the over here.

T.M. Prediction: 7-4 Cardinals.