Cardinals (Wainwright) @ Rangers (Perez) 8:05 PM ET
Game# 913-914
Play On: Rangers -132 (5*)

Adam Wainwright has been a shell of himself in 6 starts this season while recording a lofty 6.15 ERA/1.71 WHIP. He doesn’t figure to get much help from a Cardinals bullpen that’s posted an uninspiring 5.95 ERA/1.58 WHIP throughout their previous 7 games. The same came be said for Wainwright’s hope of some run support. The Cardinals are averaging a mere 2.3 runs scored per game while compiling an awful .181 team batting average over their previous 7 games. With the previously mentioned terrible statistics it comes as no surprise that the Cardinals are on 0-3 and 1-5 losing runs.
Martin Perez has encountered his fair share of struggles on the road this season. However, he has an outstanding 1.94 ERA in 3 home starts. Furthermore, since the start of last season, Texas is 15-3 versus teams with a losing record and with Martin Perez as their starting pitcher while outscoring those 18 opponents by a healthy 3.4 runs per game. The Texas bullpen has a shiny staff 2.49 ERA/1.07 WHIP in their last 7 games. Texas is coming off a 3-game sweep of division rival Seattle in which they outscored the Mariners. As a matter of fact, during those previous 2 wins they scored 28 runs and pounded out 34 hits.

Any team like Texas who’s playing in an Interleague game and is coming off a 3-game sweep of a division opponent, resulted in those teams going 41-11 (78.8%) since 2019, and they averaged outscoring those opponents by a sizable 2.5 runs per game.

Give me the Texas Rangers as a money line favorite.