MLB Lines: Two of the top teams in the National League meet on Sunday as the San Francisco Giants visit the St. Louis Cardinals on MLB Network. The pitching matchup should be a good one with Tim Hudson expected to get the start for the San Francisco Giants while Lance Lynn goes for the St. Louis Cardinals. Let’s look at the contest and MLB picks.
Probable Pitching Matchup – Hudson vs. Lynn
Tim Hudson is 5-2 on the season and he has gone at least seven innings in eight of his ten starts. He has given up two earned runs or less in all but one of his starts. He has walked just six batters in 70.1 innings. Hudson comes into this game with an ERA of 1.92. Hudson last faced the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012 and he gave up 5 runs in 7 innings.
Lance Lynn just continues to win for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is 6-2 on the season with a 3.13 ERA. He is coming off his first shutout in his career as he dominated the New York Yankees. He threw a career-high 126 pitches in the shutout. In his last three starts, Lynn is 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA. He has struggled in limited action against the San Francisco Giants. He has thrown 11.1 innings against them and has an 0-2 record and a 7.15 ERA.
Series and Game Notes
These teams had split their last ten meetings before the series began with four of the last five going over the total. The St. Louis Cardinals had won six of the last ten at home in this series with two of the last three going over. The St. Louis Cardinals have been a very good home team this season but the San Francisco Giants have a winning road record.
MLB Picks
It seems that whenever Lance Lynn is on the mound that the St. Louis Cardinals score a lot of runs and they win. I will make two plays in this one and take the St. Louis Cardinals and the game over the MLB lines.
