Im on the over in this road game of The Cardinals vs the Rays for these reasons:

- Sonny Gray is on the mound for the Cardinals and he’s 10-6 on the season, 4-2 on the road, and has 147 strikeouts in 118 innings. The issue with Sonny, is that he still has an ERA of 3.72 and he’s even worse on the road, having a 4.69 ERA away from STL. He’s given up 14 runs in his last 3 starts on the road and the Rays are not a the best batting team but they do hit well at home and should have a little success against Sonny.

- Rays are starting Jeffery Springs who has only pitched 3 full innings this season. The offense will be heavily relied upon today, because this pitcher is unproven and bound to give up hits and runs to a cardinals team that has batted very well to start the second half of this season.

- Both teams are in the thick of competition for a playoff spot so this should be a back and forth matchup even though the cardinals are the better team and should win this series opener.

Official Play: Over 7.5 Runs

Side Bet: Cardinals Moneyline

Hail Mary: Sonny Gray over 4.5 hits allowed