The St. Louis Cardinals (76-75) are favorites (-203) on the moneyline when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (71-80ღꦬ) Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. ET, live on SportsNet PT.
Sonny Gray will get th📖e ball for St👍. Louis while Pittsburgh will counter with Jake Woodford.
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Cardinals and Pirates Betting Trends
♌The Cardinals💟 are 36-35 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 50.7% of those games).
St. Louis has gone 1-2 (winning only ꧑33.3% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -203ꩲ or shorter.
The Pirates have been underdogs in 89 games this s🦹ea꧅son and won 37 (41.6%) of those contests.
This season, Pittsb𝄹urghಞ has been at least a +172 underdog on the moneyline seven times, losing each of those contests.
The Cardinals h🐭ave combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 70 times this season for a 70-76-4 record against the over/under.
Games🌺 involving the Pirates have go🍸ne over the total set by bookmakers in 73 of 151 chances this season.
Cardinals Stats & Insights
🐻The Cardinals have the No. 26 offense in MLB play scoring 4.1 runs per game (614 total runs).
St. Louis is 24th in baseball with 154 totalཧ home runs.
The Cardinals have thไe 13th-ranked batting average in the leag♍ue (.245).
St. Louis strikes out 8.1 times per game to rank 11th in๊ MLB.
The Cardinals pitching staff ranks 26th in the majoꦰrs with a collectiꦏve 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
St. Lou💙is has a 4.07 team ERA that ranks 16th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Pirates Stats & Insights
The Pirat𓃲es rank 22nd in the majors with 628 total runs scored this season🀅.
Pittsburgh’s 145 home runs rank 26th in MLB this season.
The Pirates’ .235 batting average ranks 23rd in the league this season.
Pittsburgh ranks 26th in strikeouts per ♌ga𒀰me (9.3) among MLB offenses.
The Pirates average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) inꦡ the majors this season.
Pittsburgh has the 18th-ranked ERA (4.13) in the🔴 majors this seaso✃n.
Cardinals Key Players to Watch
Gray (13-9 with a 3.75 ERA and 195 strikeouts in 160 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Cardinals, his 28th of the ꧟season.
Alec ꧂Burleson is batting .270 this season with a team-high 21 home runs and 73 RBI.
Brendan Donovan has collected 147 hits this season and has an OBP of .336. He’s slugging .402 on the year.
No😼lan Arenado has 145 hits this season and a slash line of .265/.317/.391.
M🌳asyn Winn leads St. Louis in batting average (.271) this season while adding 13 home runs a🎶nd 50 RBI.
Pirates Key Players to Watch
Woodford gets the nod for the Pirates and will make his first start ♊of the season.
Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates in home runs (22), runs batt🐬ed in (85) and hasꦺ accumulated a team-best batting average of .280.
Oneil Cruz is hitting .267 with 34 doubles, three t🍎ri𝐆ples, 19 home runs and 43 walks.
Andrew McCutchen is hitting .235 with 17 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs🎶 and 57 walks.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has 14 dﷺoubles, four tr🔯iples, eight home runs and 16 walks while hitting .274.
Cardinals and Pirates Injuries
Cardinals: Willson Contreras: 10 Day IL (Finger), Lance Lynn: 15 Day IL (Kne🐻e), Drew Rom: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Keynan Middleton: 60 Day IL (Forearm)
Pirates: Ke’Bryan Hayes: 10 Day IL (Herniated disc), Henry Davis: 10 Day IL (Hand), Ben Heller: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Marco Gonzales: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Daulton Jefferies: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Dauri Moreta: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Hunter Stratton: 60 Day IL (Patella), Johan Oviedo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Endy Rodriguez: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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