Free MLB Picks - Dodgers at Cardinals MLB Odds: The Cardinals will be looking to pick up a second straight win over the Dodgers Tuesday night, a team who happens to have the best record in baseball. While Los Angeles has so far run away with the National League West, the Cardinals are tangled in a NL Central divisional battle with the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. The Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Chad Billingsley in this game. Billingsley has a 10-5 record and a 3.72 ERA this season. Billingsley's opponent in this one will be Adam Wainwright. The Cardinals ace righthander has a 2.95 ERA to go along with a 11-6 record this season.

Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com currently have the Cardinals listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, while the game's total is sitting at 7.5. Dodgers backers are getting +105 moneyline odds.

Wainwright continued a dominant July with a six-inning, rain-shortened complete game at Washington. He struck out seven and gave up one run via a pair of doubles. Wainwright has a 1.57 ERA the month of July.

Billingsley had to scuffle to stay on even terms with Bronson Arroyo, then it took a Manny Ramirez miracle pinch-slam to get his 10th win in his seventh try. But after allowing a first-inning run, he retired eight consecutive batters and the only other run he allowed in six innings was on a wild pitch. He conceded he still has work to do to get back on track, but he was pleased with a sharp breaking pitch.

Brendan Ryan was 4-for-4 with two runs batted in, as the Cardinals shut down the Dodgers 6-1 on Monday night. St. Louis won as -170 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 7.5-run total listed by oddsmakers.

Chris Carpenter allowed one run over seven innings to earn the win for the Cardinals, while Rick Ankiel went 2-for-4 with an RBI for St. Louis. Rafael Furcal was 3-for-4 with an RBI for Los Angeles, as losing pitcher Randy Wolf gave up two runs over six innings for the Dodgers.

Free MLB Pick: The Cardinals have a potent lineup with the addition with DeRosa and Matt Holliday. The Dodgers do not lose back to back games often but we predict they do Tuesday night. Cardinals -115 ML