The pitching face off on Friday night would be be an excellent one.  Joel Pineiro pitches for the Angels against his former team whereas Brad Penny gets the start for St. Louis. Pineiro is 3-4 this season with a 3.71 ERA while Penny has pitched 3-4 with a 2.73 ERA. 

Pineiro is coming off his greatest performance of the season as he shutout Oakland on Sunday. He gave up just four hits and a walk while striking out five. It marked his sixth career shutout.  He is 1-1 with a 1.13 ERA in two career starts vs. the Cardinals. He’s 13-8 with a 3.29 ERA at Busch Stadium. Penny is coming off probably his weakest start of the year. He got hit hard last time out. He pitched more than 100 pitches just to make it through five innings. 

The Los Angeles Angels and St. Louis have not played frequently. In fact, they have played just six times, the most recent in 2007.  They have never played in Anaheim, with all of their previous games in St. Louis. The teams have split their six meetings.  The three in 2007 all rose over the total.

Los Angeles still receive a lot of recognition from the oddsmakers but thus far this season they have not done much to earn it. Los Angeles are below .500 and on the road they have been very pathetic.  Their offense is shoddy and their pitching, which is normally good, is also below average.  Betting on the Angels is a little bit risky right now. 

The Cardinals were moving along before they got swept at home by the lowly Houston Astros, and they have not performed as well since.  They even were knocked out of first place in the National League Central.  The pitching has been good, placing in the top 5 in the league, but the hitting has weakened.  Even Albert Pujols has been unable to carry the offense this season. St. Louis is still good however, and they were the favorite on Friday vs. Los Angeles. Penny has been pitching competently even though his last start was a struggle so St. Louis is going to get some play in this matchup even though it is Pineiro pitching against his previous team.

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