How to bet Sunday Night Baseball between St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers

For just the second time this year Sunday Night Baseball viewers get a look at the National League, as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the St. Louis Cardinals in ESPN's evening matchup.

As projected by many, the Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants enter Sunday tied for first place in the NL West, but not many predicted both teams would struggle to stay above .500. With wins in the first two games of this series, Los Angeles is in position to post its first four-game winning streak of the season, while getting back to .500 on games played at home.

For St. Louis, a loss tonight would drop it back to .500 despite entering the game with a gaudy plus-45 run differential. That spread is second-best in the National League; however, echoing a phrase that the organization and its fans are sure to be sick of this season, it considerably trails the Chicago Cubs. The Cardinals send Mike Leake to the mound in an attempt to salvage the last game of the series, while the Dodgers counter with left-hander Alex Wood.

Joe Peta (3-1, plus-2.08 units) and Andrew Lange (0-4, minus-4.28 units) weigh in on the game from a betting perspective.