Some heavy hitters converge on Busch Stadium this weekend as the New York Yankees visit the St. Louis Cardinals. There are sure to be some fireworks in a series that features Aaron Judge<\/strong>, Anthony Rizzo<\/strong>, Paul Goldschmidt<\/strong>, and Nolan Arenado<\/strong> and the offshore odds have the Yankees as pretty significant favorites across the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rizzo will be sure to hear some boo-birds from the St. Louis faithful being an ex-Cubs player, but New York has bigger fish to fry as losers of three of their last four. Of course it’s easy to get complacent when you have a 10.5 game lead in the AL East, but the Cardinals are in the opposite position as they’ve finally climbed to a tie with the Brewers atop the NL Central. The last 50+ games of the season seem like they’ll all be must win for the Redbirds, especially the Yankees vs Cardinals series opener on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York is a big favorite because they seem to have the edge in the pitching matchup with Nestor Cortes, Jr. <\/strong>(9-3, 2.53 ERA) on the mound. Cortes hit a couple bumps in June going 2-2 with a 4.15 ERA, but he’s bounced back nicely with a 3-0, 2.60 mark in July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Albert Pujols<\/strong> is the only Cardinals player to have faced Cortes, and he hit a HR in his lone AB vs. the Yankees starter. Therefore it’s hard to know what kind of run support Dakota Hudson<\/strong> (6-6, 4.10 ERA) will get as he continues to trudge through one of his toughest seasons in the majors. Hudson gave up 2 ER over 4.1 IP in his lone start since the All-Star break in what ended up being a 7-6 loss to the Nationals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n St. Louis is coming off a sweep of the Cubs and wins in 6 of their last 7 overall. The Yankees have the pitching edge on Friday night but at the same time New York has been tripping up lately, going 13-13 in July and starting off August 1-2. This would be the time to strike for St. Louis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before Betting on Yankees vs Cardinals Aug 5 Some heavy hitters converge on Busch Stadium this weekend as the New York Yankees visit the St. Louis Cardinals. There are sure to be some fireworks in a series that features Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Paul Goldschmidt, and Nolan Arenado and the offshore odds have the Yankees […]","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nOffshore Sportsbook<\/th> Moneyline<\/th> Total<\/th> Run Line<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> BetOnline<\/a><\/td> Yankees (-148) | Cardinals (+137)<\/td> 8.5<\/td> Yankees -1.5 (+107) | Cardinals +1.5 (-127)<\/td><\/tr> Bovada<\/a><\/td> Yankees (-153) | Cardinals (+128)<\/td> 8.5<\/td> Yankees -1.5 (+110) | Cardinals +1.5 (-130)<\/td><\/tr> BetUS<\/a><\/td> Yankees (-152) | Cardinals (+137)<\/td> 8.5<\/td> Yankees -1.5 (+115) | Cardinals +1.5 (-135)<\/td><\/tr> SportsBetting.ag<\/a><\/td> Yankees (-148) | Cardinals (+137)<\/td> 8.5<\/td> Yankees -1.5 (+107) | Cardinals +1.5 (-127)<\/td><\/tr> Pinnacle<\/a><\/td> Yankees (-145) | Cardinals (+133)<\/td> 8.5<\/td> Yankees -1.5 (+115) | Cardinals +1.5 (-127)<\/td><\/tr> MyBookie<\/a><\/td> N\/A<\/td> N\/A<\/td> N\/A<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n