San Francisco Giants versus San Louis Cardinals MLB NLCS Playoff Game 5 Pick Prediction Money Line and Over Under Las Vegas and Offshore Betting Odds October 19th 2012

The 5th game of the National League Championship Series will be played out on Friday, October 19th at Busch Stadium, and the St. Louis Cardinals (95-77) will send the San Francisco Giants (98-73) home for the year with a win here. Game 5 will start with an opening pitch thrown at 8:00 PM ET and will be shown live on FOX.

St. Louis won 6-4 as a +116 underdog on the road in Game 1 before the Giants won 7-1 in Game 2 as a -110 favorite at home. The series then shifted to Busch Stadium where the home-team Cardinals won 3-1 in Game 3 and 8-3 in Game 4 as small favorites in both games. The over has been a winning bet in 4 of the last 6 games played between these teams while St. Louis has now won in 4 of the last 5.

Betting odds for Friday’s showdown have the Cardinals favored at -160, while the total sits fairly low at only 7.5 runs. Starting pitchers for Game 5 will be left-hander Barry Zito (15-8, 1.41 WHIP, 4.19 ERA) going for the Giants and right-hander Lance Lynn (19-8, 1.34 WHIP, 3.98 ERA) taking the mound for the Cardinals.

Zito has been pitching well lately and hasn’t given up more than 3 earned runs in 6 straight starts, and he went 6.2 innings while allowing 8 hits, 0 walks, and 2 earned runs in his only start against the Cardinals this year. Lynn is struggling a bit lately and has given up 4 or more earned runs in 5 of his last 9 starts, including 8 earned runs over 9.0 innings pitched in his 2 playoff starts. He’s pitched against the Giants twice this year and has allowed 8 earned runs over 9.2 innings pitched.

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