Baseball bettors look for value at Busch Stadium on Monday as host St. Louis battles the Los Angeles Dodgers in baseball odds action.

Joe Kelly gets the call for the St. Louis Cardinals and he will try to build on a 1-2 mark. In the other dugout, Chad Billingsley brings a 4-9 ledger to the game for the Dodgers as he tries to quiet the Cardinals bats.



View LA Dodgers vs St Louis Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
The visitors opened as +-145 moneyline underdogs in this one at most online sportsbooks tracked at Odds Shark. The total opened at 9 for those preferring over under wagers.

Power Rankings:
This game matches up the No. 4 (Cardinals) and the No. 2 (Dodgers) teams in their respective leagues, according to our current MLB Power Rankings.



How They Match Up:
Rating these teams in several key categories is important for handicappers and St. Louis has the National League's No. 1-rated offensive output, at 9.6 hits per game. The Dodgers average 8.3 hits per game, good for No. 12 on the National League list.

Comparing defensive stats, Los Angeles owns the National League's No. 8-rated road mark, allowing 4.3 runs per game on the highway. St. Louis, on the other hand, rates No. 4 in scoring at home.

Los Angeles was an 8-3 Sportsbook in its last match on the road against the Mets. They won as +141 underdogs, while the total score of 11 made Sportsbooks of OVER bettors. Los Angeles won a close affair on Sunday in their last outing, defeating New York 8-3 in extra innings at Citi Field.

In their last action, St. Louis was a 7-0 Sportsbook at home against the Cubs. Bettors on St. Louis at -220 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (7) sent UNDER bettors home happy as well. The Cardinals didn’t allow a single run in their last start, as their staff shut out Chicago 7-0 on Sunday at Busch Stadium.


Los Angeles Dodgers Trends:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing NY Mets are 5-5
After a win are 5-5

St. Louis Cardinals Trends:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing LA Dodgers are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 9-1
After a win are 5-5

A few Dodgers at Cardinals trends to consider:
LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing St. Louis
LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers' last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers' last 5 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis' last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis' last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis' last 9 games at home


Next up:
LA Dodgers at St. Louis, Tuesday, July 24