T.M. Selection: Reds/Cardinals OVER.

I am on the over in the Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cardinals game on Saturday. The Cardinals won the 1st game of this series 2-0 getting a much needed win but I think this game is going to be a lot more high scoring than the previous game. The Cardinals just got swept by the Rays in their most recent series and I think they are going to be looking to bounce back in this series at home. They haven't been hitting the ball well lately but I think being back in their own ballpark for an extended period of time here will help their offense explode a bit and I think they will try to put up more runs after a close low scoring game like yesterday. The Reds have also looked a lot better lately, they haven't been winning a lot of games in their previous 5 but they have looked a lot better than how they started the year and they are really starting to hit the ball a lot better too. Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.73 ERA) is up for the Cardinals here and he has been having a good year so far but lately he has been looking shaky in his starts and I think the Reds could get to him here. He had 1 great start in his previous 3 where he only gave up 2 hits and no runs but his other 2 starts he gave up 2 runs and 3 runs which isn't really that bad, but he has also gotten himself into a lot of trouble giving up 9 hits and 10 hits in those 2 starts too. I think the Reds will take advantage here if he gets himself into trouble with players on base and I see the Reds scoring some runs here. Hunter Greene (3-7, 5.40 ERA) is up for the Reds here and he is having a really rough rookie season, giving up a ton of runs in his starts this year. He just had a really good start but also had 2 bad starts right before where he gave up 4+ runs in both and I think he is going to continue to pitch through his growing pains here. I think the Cardinals offense is going to wake up here and I expect a lot of runs from them here. I like the over in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 7-4 Cardinals.