New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals

- The New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Busch Stadium.

Lefthander Oliver Perez will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. Perez is 1-1 this season with a 7.84 ERA.

Perez’s opponent in this one will be Todd Wellemeyer. The Cardinals righthander has a 4.50 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game’s total is sitting at 9½.

The Mets lost to Milwaukee 4-2 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10).

Jose Reyes was 3-5 with an RBI for the Mets and Daniel Murphy was 3-5 with a run scored.

Current streak:
St. Louis has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
New York: 6-6 SU
St. Louis: 8-5 SU

New York most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing Milwaukee are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4

St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing NY Mets are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 1-9
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets’s last 6 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets’s last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
NY Mets are 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 5 games
St. Louis is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 6 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets

Next up:
St. Louis home to NY Mets, Wednesday, April 22