The St. Louis Cardinals (77-75) roll into Thursday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates (71-81) looking to extend a three-game winning streak. The contest starts at 7:15 p.m. ET on BSMW with the Cardinals listed as -146 favorites on the moneyline.
St. Louis’ Erick Fedde gets the start, and he’ll go against Pittsburgh’s Luis Ortiz.
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Cardinals and Pirates Betting Trends
The Cardinals have won 51.4% of the games﷽ this season when they were favored 𝕴on the moneyline (37-35).
St. Louis has gone 13-12 (winning 52% ofꦆ its games) when playing as💜 moneyline favorites of -146 or shorter.
This season, the Pirates have won 37 out of the 90 games, or 41.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Pittsburgh♔ has entered 46 games this season as the underdog by +124 or more an🐼d is 16-30 in those contests.
The Cardinals have played in 151 games with๊ a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 71 times (71-76-🍒4).
The Pirates’ games have gone over the total in 74 of their 152 chances.
Cardinals Stats & Insights
The Cardinals ra𒁃nk 24th in runs scored w🉐ith 624, 4.1 per game.
St. Louis is 23rd in baseball witꦚh 156 home runs. They average one per game.
The Cardinals rank 13th in the majors with a .246ꦑ batting aveꦦrage.
St. L🧔ouis strikes♌ out 8.1 times per game, the 10th-best mark in baseball.
The pitching staff for the Carཧdinals has a collective 8.2 K/9, the fifth-worst in the m𒉰ajors.
St. Louis’ 4.08 team ERA ranks 16th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Pirates Stats & Insights
The Pirates rank 22nd in the majors with 633 ꦕtotal runs scored this se💖ason.
Pittsburgh🥂 has hit just 146 homers this season, which ranks 26th in the majors.
T𒉰he Pirates rank 23rd in MLB with a .236 team bat꧃ting average.
Pittsburgh ranks 26th in stri✨keouts per game (9.3) among MLB offenses.
The Pirates average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this seas🐈on.
Pitts🀅burgh has pitched to a 4.16 ERA this season, which ranks 20th in baseball.
Cardinals Key Players to Watch
The Card♎inals will send Fedde (8-9) to the mound to make his 30th start of the season. He is 8-9 w💯ith a 3.45 ERA and 141 strikeouts through 164 1/3 innings pitched.
Alec Burleson leads♎ St. Louis in ho💖me runs with 21, runs batted in with 73 and his batting average of .271 is also best on his team.
Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in batt🐈ing with a .271 average while slugging 13 homers and driving in 66 runs.
Nolan Arenado is slashing .269/.323/.396 this season f🍃or the Cardinals.
Masyn Winn leads St. Louis with a .271 batting average. He’s also hit 14 homers and has 51 RBI.
Pirates Key Players to Watch
Ortiz (6-6) will take to the mound for🌺 the Pirates and make his 14th start of the season.
Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates with 22 home runs and 85 runs batted in, while putti🎃ng up a team-best batting average of .280.
Oneil Cruz is hitting .267 with 34 doubles, th𒈔ree triples,💎 19 home runs and 43 walks.
Andrew McCutchen is hittinওg .237 with 18 doubles, a triple, 20 home r♛uns and 57 walks.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa is hitting .275 with 16 doub🦹les, four triples, eight home runs and 16 wal🥂ks.
Cardinals and Pirates Injuries
Cardinals: Willson Contreras: 10 Day IL (Finger), Lance Lynn: 15 💮Day IL (Knee), Drew Rom: 60 Day IL (Biceps), 𒁏Keynan Middleton: 60 Day IL (Forearm)
Pirates: Ke’Bryan Hayes: 10 Day IL (Herniated disc), Henry Davis: 10 Day IL (Hand), Kyle Nicolas: 15 Day IL (Oblique ), Ben Heller: 60 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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