Reds vs Cardinals Odds, Lines & Spread (Sep. 17)

Reds and Cardinals are playing a day-night doubleheader at Busch Stadium on Saturday, September 17 at 1:10 pm ET. The weather forecast is calling for mostly sunny skies with 3 mph wind and a temperature of 89 degrees. Cardinals have a betting line of +900 to win the NL pennant and +2000 to make it to the World Series.

After a 1-10 start to the season, Reds left-hander Mike Minor has won three of his last four decisions. All three wins have come on the road. Minor is 4-3 away this season and 0-8 at home. He's in the bottom 4% of MLB pitchers in wOBA and tied for eighth in NL in home runs allowed (23). He is 0.1 with a 7.27 ERA in two starts against the Cardinals this year.

Dakota Hudson was demoted to Triple-A Memphis last week. He will be rejoining the Cardinals as the 29th player for today's twin bill. Hudson has a 5.40 ERA in three starts against the Reds this season. In 11 career appearances against Cincinnati, Hudson is 6-2 with a 3.45 ERA.

Paul Goldschmidt is 9-for-15 with three homers and five RBI when batting against Minor. Nolan Arenado is 5- for- 15 with two homers, five runs and Tyler O'Neill 6-of-10 with 3 homers. Jonathan India is 2-to-2 when facing Hudson. Jake Fraley, Matt Reynolds and Alejo Lopez are all 2 for 3. TJ Friedl is two for 5 with 2 RBI. Austin Romine has a home and two RBI against Hudson and is on 2.

Hudson has allowed 11 earned runs over his past 16 MLB innings for a 6.19 ERA. Minor's last four starts have seen 9.8 runs per game.