This is a 6* play on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Sometimes a favorite is a favorite for a reason. The visitors go with the erratic Jose Urena (0-7, 4.41 ERA) who gave up one run off three hits and two walks over six innings in an unfortunate no-decision against the Padres on Wednesday. Urena is 0-1 with a 4.84 ERA on the road and has admittedly thrown better than what his win/loss record would indicate. However dominating the Padres at pitcher friendly Petco is one thing, while facing the hard-hitting Cards at home is quite another obviously. The home side goes with ace Carlos Martinez (3-2, 1.62) who returns from a stone on the DL after missing the last four weeks with a leg strain. Martinez made a re-hab start on Thursday and gave up two runs while striking out four over four innings. Note that Martinez has been very good at home this year with the tiny 1.48 ERA thus far. Note that Miami is just 12-28 (-9.6 units) this year against clubs with winning records, while St. Louis is 13-8 (+1.9 units) against clubs with losing records. Play on the CARDINALS.

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