Jack Flaherty isn't getting enough respect here. I don't know if he can outduel Trevor Bauer on the road, but I'll lay a price to take 1 1/2 runs on the run line and find out because I do expect a low-scoring game. So does the oddsmaker with this short total.

Flaherty is an elite pitcher with the record to back it up - 8-1 with a 2.84 ERA. He has a 1.08 lifetime ERA in two starts versus the Dodgers with 36 strikeouts in 25 innings. 

The Cardinals enter this matchup winning four of their last five games. The Dodgers are on a three-game losing streak after just concluding a four-game series against their arch-rival the Giants. 

Bauer is an elite pitcher, too. But he has a 5.56 ERA in two career starts against St. Louis.