The St Louis Cardinals take on the Cincinnati Reds in the second game of a three-game set. St Louis took game one, 13- 4. The Cards will send Dakota Hudson to the mound. He is 7-6, this season with a 4.23 ERA. The Reds will counter with Justin Dunn, Dunn is 1-2, with a 5.12 ERA. The Cardinals are in the top five in 4 major hitting categories. On the mound, the Cardinals have the 12th best team ERA at 3.83 and the 14th best WHIP at 1.25. Conversely, the Reds are 28th in baseball in team ERA at 4.98, and 26th in WHIP. Ar the plate, the Reds are 18th in team batting average and 21st in on-base percentage. Cincinnati is 2-5 in the last 7 and 24 -55 in the last 79 against a team with a winning record. The Cards are 21-6 in the last 27 and 6-2 in the last eight at home. St Louis has won nine of the last 13 against Cincinnati. Dunn has given up 19 hits and 11 runs in 16 ⅓ innings. The Cards are playing great baseball at the moment while the Reds are ending the season just like they started it. Take the far superior team on the run-line to get better value.

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