Posted on 5/2/2008 5:47:57 PM

MLB Baseball Betting - Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals

By D.S Williamson

Surprise, surprise, surprise BetUS baseball betting fans! Look who’s in first-place in the N.L. Central right now? The, “I can’t see them having a good year” St. Louis Cardinals. I never wrote that. But a lot of so-called “sports experts” did during the off-season. Well, here at BetUS we don’t call ourselves sports’ experts. We consider ourselves knowledgeable online sportsbook betting writers and handicappers. That means that we always look at stats and trends, and lift up rocks to study the dirt underneath, before making bold predictions like saying that the Cardinals will suck this year.

Of course we take shots. But our shots are all about making money in the BetUS online sportsbook. We never take a shot at a team unless there are profits to be made. That’s the golden rule. The Chicago Cubs golden rule tonight is not to lose to the Cardinals who are just on fire in their current nine game home-stand. The Cardinals are doing it both ways. Their pitcher turned super-hitter, Rick Ankiel, has gone 10 for 22 in his last 22 at bats. That’s serious production. The man the Cardinals send to the plate tonight, Adam Wainwright, has actually stepped it up so far this season. He has an ERA of 2.79 and is 3 and 1 on the year.

The Cubs counter with Rich Hill. Hill is 1 and 0 on the season with a 3.79 ERA. In the four games he has pitched, Hill has given up only 13 hits and two home-runs. But he faces a long up-hill battle tonight against the Cardinals who are currently eight games above .500.

Here are the BetUS sportsbook betting odds for this game.

Chicago Cubs

Rich Hill – L + 1 ½ - 200 Ev O 8 Ev

St. Louis Cardinals

Adam Wainwright – R - 1 ½ + 170 - 120 U 8 - 120

After pumping up the Cardinals early on in this article, I sort of feel like an idiot right now. Why? Because without a doubt the best wager in tonight’s Cubs vs. Cardinals game is making an online bet on the Cubs at even money to win this game outright.

As good as the Cardinals have been, the Cubbies are probably a slightly better team then the Cardinals. In the long-run, the Cubbies will get things going while the Cardinals will start to fall behind.

That’s just the nature of online baseball betting. You never know when you are going to have to change strategy during the MLB betting season. You never know when you’re going to have to jump off one team and jump onto another.

The BetUS sporstbook online wagering odds on the Chicago Cubs to beat the St. Louis Cardinals outright in their game tonight is even money.

I’ll take the Cubs at even money to upset the Cardinals on the road tonight.

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