Vegas odds for the St Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds 2010 MLB Baseball opening day game(1:10 PM EST on ESPN) are now posted on NSAwins.com and vegas oddsmakers have made the Cardinals a -145 favorite on the moneyline with the total set at 7.5. St Louis will send ace Chris Carpenter to the mound this afternoon at Cinergy Field. Carpenter went 17-4 with a league-leading 2.24 ERA last season for the Cards giving up just 156 hits and 38 walks with 144 strikeouts in 192.1 innings pitched. The 34-year-old right-hander finished 2nd in the National League Cy Young Award voting last season and is a leading contender(10/1 odds) to win the award this season. The Reds will counter with right-hander Aaron Harang toeing the rubber in the opener today. Harang had a dismal 2009 season as he finished with a 6-14 overall record and allowed 186 hits and 24 home runs in just 162.1 innings pitched. That followed a terrible 2008 season in which the right-hander went an awful 6-17 overall. He is just 12-31 overall the last two seasons after winning 16 games in back-to-back seasons the two years prior. The Cardinals and Reds split their 16 meetings last season as both teams won 8 games each with both teams winning 4 games at home and on the road. NSAwins.com’s expert handicapper William E. Stockton likes St Louis to win behind a strong outing from Carpenter along with their strong batting lineup bolstered by Albert Pujols and Matt Holiday in the #3 and #4 holes. You can bet on who you think will win today’s St Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds opening day game in the National League at SBG Global Sportsbook and get a 20% SIGN UP BONUS on your 1st deposit! View the rest of today’s MLB Baseball Opening Day Lines at NSAwins.com – the #1 Source for Online Betting Information.
