St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates - MLB - Predictions, Betting Lines, Odds and Trends

The St. Louis Cardinals (81-57) take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (50-86) a game after Yadier Molina homered twice in an 11-6 defeat to the Nationals. The game begins at 6:35 PM ET on Friday.

The Pirates (+170 underdog moneyline odds) hit the field versus the Cardinals (-203). The starting pitchers are Miles Mikolas (11-10) for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Roansy Contreras (4-4) for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The over/under in the game is 8 total runs.

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Cardinals vs. Pirates Last 10 Games Betting Performance

Cardinals

St. Louis played as the moneyline favorite for each of its last 10 games, and finished 7-3 in those matchups.
In their last 10 matchups — all had a set run total — the Cardinals and their opponents combined to hit the over on the total four times.
St. Louis’ ATS record is 6-4-0 over its past 10 games.

Pirates

Pittsburgh has played as the underdog in 10 of its past 10 games and won three of those contests.
In their last 10 games with a total, the Pirates and their opponents are 3-7-0 when it comes to hitting the over.
Pittsburgh has won four of its last 10 games against the spread.

Cardinals vs. Pirates Starting Pitcher Betting Trends

Projected starter: Miles Mikolas

The Cardinals are 17-12-0 against the spread when Mikolas starts.
The Cardinals have been the moneyline favorite in 19 of Mikolas’ starts this season, and they went 13-6 in those matchups.
In Mikolas’ 28 starts, his team is 17-11.
Mikolas has had 29 starts that sportsbooks set a total for this season, and 12 of those matchups finished over the total.

Projected starter: Roansy Contreras

Contreras’ team is 6-8-0 against the spread in his starts this season.
When he is the starting pitcher, Pittsburgh has a record of 3-7 this season when they are the underdog on the moneyline.
Contreras’ team has a 5-8 record in his starts this season.
Games Contreras has started this season hit the over three times in 14 chances.

Cardinals Batting Leaders

Paul Goldschmidt leads the Cardinals in home runs (35), runs batted in (109) and has put up a team-best batting average of .328.
Goldschmidt’s home runs rank third in MLB and he ranks second in RBI in MLB.
Goldschmidt brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with a double, a home run, three walks and two RBI.
Nolan Arenado is batting .300 with 37 doubles, a triple, 28 home runs and 44 walks.
Arenado ranks 13th in home runs and sixth in RBI this year.
Tommy Edman is batting .265 with 27 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 40 walks.
Edman heads into this game on an 11-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .410 with six doubles, three home runs, a walk and nine RBI.
Brendan Donovan is hitting .297 with 18 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 46 walks.
Donovan has hit safely in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .375 with a double, a home run, three walks and an RBI.

Pirates Batting Leaders

Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in batting average (.255), home runs (21) and runs batted in (49) this season.
Reynolds ranks 40th in homers and 117th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
Ke’Bryan Hayes has 103 hits and an OBP of .311 to go with a slugging percentage of .343 this season.
Hayes ranks 237th in homers and 197th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
Ben Gamel has 76 hits this season and a slash line of .235/.321/.368.
Michael Chavis is batting .238 with an OBP of .268 and a slugging percentage of .408 this season.