Braves vs. Cardinals Picks and Odds Friday through Sunday!

The defending National League champion St. Louis Cardinals began the season in the red by a small margin as their run production was among the worst in Major League Baseball and failed to compliment a pitching staff that was one of the best in the game. The Atlanta Braves had a similar look with weak run production but superb pitching as the top team in the National League East. The St. Louis Cardinals will host the Atlanta Braves in a 3 game national League weekend series at Busch Stadium that will run Friday through Sunday at Busch Stadium. Game time Friday night is set for 8:15 PM ET with a game time for Saturday afternoon set for 2:15 PM ET with a Sunday afternoon starting time of 2:15 PM ET.

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The St. Louis Cardinals ranked 27th for run production, 25th for home runs, but 3rd for staff earned run average. Pitching was also the key asset the for Atlanta Braves with the MLB odds as they ranked 1st for staff earned run average, 3rd for quality starts, but 28th overall for run production as one of the more profitable teams on the board.

The Pick!

Heading into this series the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals have split their last 20 games with 10 wins for each team as 11 out of the last 20 games between the Braves and Cardinals have gone over the total. The St. Louis Cardinals have had the upper hand at Busch Stadium against the Atlanta Braves as the Redbirds have won 12 out of their last 20 games in St. Louis against the Cardinals with 11 out of the last 20 meetings in St. Louis between the Braves and Cardinals going over the total. Based on their proven value on the board at home for the past several seasons and their advantage over Atlanta at Busch Stadium on the betting board recently we’ll call for the St. Louis Cardinals and over the total in this National League series between playoff teams from the past two seasons that could end up meeting again come the 2014 MLB post season!