New York at St. Louis

The Cards offense finally exploded last night allowing them to tie up the series. Now they go to St. Louis where the Cardinals have won 8 of the last 10 in this matchup. I don't expect that kind of offense again as it was a bit fluky. So Taguchi knocked in 3 runs late last night with a home run. His second of the postseason but just the 16th of his career. He had hit just 2 all regular season. Jeff Suppan took a loss against San Diego but should get the win here. He's 7-3 at home with a 3.29 ERA. He's opposed by Steve Trachsel who is 8-3 on the road with a 4.39 ERA. With Suppan on the mound, the Cardinals are 5-1 vs. the Mets. With Tachsel pitching, the Mets are just 6-12 vs. St. Louis. Six of the last nine games in this series played here in St. Louis have gone UNDER the total including 2 of 3 this season. The Mets are allowing just 4.0 runs per game in the playoffs and the Cardinals are allowing only 2.3. Last night's score has pushed this total up above where it should be. LCS games with a total of 9-9.5 are 40-10 UNDER (80%) over the past ten years! Go UNDER and on the Cardinals here.