#959/960 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 9 Runs – St Louis Cardinals vs Arizona Diamondbacks, Saturday at 8:10 PM ET - The St Louis bats are red hot and we expect that to continue tonight. The Cards are hitting just under .300 over their last 10 games while averaging over 6 RPG. On the season STL ranks 4th in RPG, 6th in batting average and 5th in OPS. They’ll be facing struggling left hander Bumgarner and STL owns the 3rd best batting average in the Majors vs lefties while averaging 5.6 RPG. Bumgarner has been shaky most of the season with an ERA of 4.37 but an xERA exceeding 5.00. Over his last 4 games his ERA is 7.33 and he has allowed 42 baserunners in just 23 innings during that stretch. He's had 14 career starts vs the Cardinals with an ERA of 5.23. Arizona will be facing Hudson on the hill for St Louis and he is their weakest starter. His ERA is 4.17 but his xERA is north of 5.00. Over his last 10 starts Hudson is averaging 5 IP per start while allowing 3.3 ER’s. On the road his ERA is 5.10 and he has allowed 86 baserunners in 55 innings. The DBacks bats have been a bit quiet over their last 5 but all were vs top of the line starters and Hudson is a big step down tonight. On the season Arizona is averaging 4.6 RPG at home and they’ve gone Over in 7 of their last 10 at Chase Field. These 2 combined to score 6 runs last night but had 16 hits which would normally equate to around 8 runs and 25 LOB and both teams starters had much better ERA’s than today’s pitchers. Both offenses play well tonight and this one goes Over 9 Runs.