{"id":3030,"date":"2018-07-07T12:36:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T12:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:01","slug":"nl-tilt-st-louis-cardinals-at-san-francisco-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/nl-tilt-st-louis-cardinals-at-san-francisco-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"NL Tilt: St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two teams in the middle of the National League wild-card race square off Saturday afternoon as the San Francisco Giants host the St. Louis Cardinals. The teams have split the first two games of their series after the Giants squeaked out a 3-2 win on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The St. Louis Cardinals are small favorites at -110 over the Giants on Saturday.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday\u2019s win snapped a four-game losing skid for the Giants, who have not gotten off to a good start in July. San Francisco is just 3.5 games out of first place in the NL West, but they have three teams to jump over to get there. They are also 4.5 games back in the wild-card race. On the bright side, <strong>Johnny<\/strong> <strong>Cueto<\/strong> returned on Thursday, giving their rotation a 1-2 punch with him and Madison Bumgarner, so there is reason for optimism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St. Louis, meanwhile, is struggling to keep pace in the NL Central. The <strong>Cardinals<\/strong> have had crazy highs and lows the past few weeks, and that inconsistency has caused them to drop 7.5 games out of first place. However, they are just four games back in a crowded wild-card race, so with a little more consistency, the Red Birds can easily make a push for the postseason.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-real-thing\"><strong>The Real Thing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St. Louis ace <strong>Carlos Martinez<\/strong> will get the start Saturday for the Cardinals. Martinez has not quite been himself since returning from a lat strain in early June. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/article\/sports\/mlb\/cardinals\/hugh-jackman-poses-with-carlos-martinez-during-cardinals-game\/63-571279578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">However, he\u2019s been much better in his last two outings<\/a>, allowing two runs over six innings in each start. Those two starts show meaningful progress despite Martinez posting a 6.75 ERA over his five starts in the month of June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Historically, <strong>Martinez<\/strong> has had his way against most of San Francisco\u2019s hitters. Outside of Andrew McCutchen, who is 6 for 38 (.158) against Martinez, it\u2019s been a small-sample-size. However, Giants hitters are collectively 15 for 87 (.172) against Martinez. That bodes well for the St. Louis ace, especially since few hitters in San Francisco\u2019s lineup have been overly productive over the past week aside from Buster Posey.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"another-big-return\"><strong>Another Big Return<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb-notebook-giants-cueto-returns-dl-004531814--spt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As mentioned, <strong>Cueto<\/strong> returned from the DL on Thursday,<\/a> and now the Giants will activate Jeff Samardzija to start Saturday\u2019s game. Samardzija has had a rough year, going 1-4 with a 6.56 ERA in eight starts. He\u2019s also been limited by two separate stints on the DL, but he said earlier in the week that he feels good about his return from injury this time around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Samardzija<\/strong> also has a fair amount of experience facing some of the St. Louis hitters from his days with the Cubs. He\u2019s been able to keep Matt Carpenter and Jedd Gyorko in check for the most part, but Samardzija has been crushed by Yadier Molina, who is 12 for 28 (.429) against him. Molina is also swinging a hot bat, and the same can be said for Gyorko, Tommy Pham, and rookie Harrison Bader, so Samardzija should be challenged in his first start back.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dont-believe-the-hype\"><strong>Don\u2019t Believe the Hype<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s hard to trust Samardzija to provide the <strong>Giants<\/strong> with a quality performance in his first start back from the DL, especially with his struggles earlier this season. <strong>Martinez<\/strong>, meanwhile, has been better lately and has a good history against the Giants, so he figures to deliver another quality start.\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">This game on Friday is a no brainer. Take the St. Louis Cardinals -110 on Saturday.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet on Major League Baseball at MyBookie.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Cardinals are on the road at the San Francisco Giants in National League Baseball affair.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NL Tilt: St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants - The Latest Sports Betting News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NL Tilt: St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants - 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