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May, 15 2008 1:15pm EST
MONEYLINE: St. Louis Cardinals -124
LOSS for -1 unit(s)

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

At 1:15pm, our complimentary selection is on the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Many people are probably surprised that the Pirates are currently flirting with .500 at 19-21 after roughly a quarter of the season. Of course, it took a 7-2 run for the Pirates to get to this point, taking six straight games from the Giants and Braves from May 6 to May 12. Things figure to get significantly tougher for Pittsburgh against this Cardinal team that has dominated them over the last 60 head-to-head meetings as the Cards are 42-18 during this time. Righthander Ian Snell goes to the mound tonight against St. Louis and the very surprising righthander Joel Pineiro. Snell has pitched well at times, but has to improve on his strikeouts to walks ratio (30 Ks and 21 BBs in just under 48 innings) in order to be a top-flight starter in the league. Pineiro had one of his best starts of the season at the end of April against Pittsburgh, going seven strong innings while giving up only one earned run and striking out six Pirates. Pineiro's best start of the year came at home against the high-powered Reds offense when he shut them down over seven strong innings, yielding only a single hit. Pittsburgh is 9-22 in the last 31 meetings in St. Louis. Take the Cards. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

Al McMordie lost a tough one last night on the Detroit Tigers, as Justin Verlander pitched great, but the Tiger offense was shutout in a 2-0 loss. Today, Big Al is featuring an afternoon winner on 'Getaway Day'. If you enjoyed Big Al's Getaway Day Game of the Month Winner on the Pirates last Thursday, then you'll love this DAYTIME BLOWOUT!

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