Cardinals explosive offense heads to Dodger Stadium

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The St. Louis Cardinals are coming off an impressive 15-5 road victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks and now get set to face off against another National League West club

At the time of this writing, the following Match Odds/Moneyline were available: St. Louis Cardinals (2.12, +112) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1.86, -116)

St. Louis has won three of four games and compiled a .356 batting average with 15 doubles, nine homers and 37 runs over that span. "We're not going to score 15 runs every night, but we're swinging the bats like we are capable of," said outfielder Lance Berkman. "We have the potential to have an explosive offense." Star first baseman Albert Pujols also joined into the fun in the desert, rattling off six hits in his final nine at-bats in the series against the Diamondbacks, after seeing his average dip to .128 at one point. St. Louis is 3-3 in road games this year and at night.

Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia has been dynamite early in the season and has struck out 18 in 15 innings while being backed by just two runs in each game. "The way I see it is, I went home and had a great offseason, worked as hard as a I could and got ready," Garcia commented. "Spring Training I worked really hard too. The way I see it, it's paying off, the hard work." The left-hander also got off to a hot start last year, going 4-2 with a 1.14 ERA through his first nine starts of the 2010 campaign. He struggled in his only appearance against the Dodgers, throwing 82 pitches in 3 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and eight hits.

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