#956 ASA PLAY ON San Diego Padres -130 over St Louis Cardinals, Tuesday at 9:40 PM ET - The Cardinals won yesterday's game 6-2 but had lost 3 of 4 prior to that victory and were outhit 14 to 6 in the only win they did have on the season prior to yesterday. Now St Louis faces a very tough pitcher as Yu Darvish has a 1.04 ERA in his first two starts this season. As for the Cardinals starter, Miles Mikolas has picked up right where he left off last season. Mikolas had a 4.78 ERA and opponents hit .282 against him last season. In his first start this year he got rocked for 5 earned runs in 4 innings. The Cardinals finished last season 20 games under .500 while the Padres have been at least 7 games over .500 in home games each of the last 4 seasons. We feel we are getting some nice line value here with the home team at a short price and with a solid starting pitching edge. Darvish is already showing signs his tougher 2023 was a one-off and he looks strong and healthy early this season. He and the Padres get back on track here at home in the 2nd game of this series. The Cardinals are hitting just .213 with a paltry .299 slugging percentage this season while San Diego is hitting .281 with a solid .471 slugging percentage this season. It is early in the season but those stats show a significant disparity and are noteworthy. The home team bounces back here. Padres get the win this evening