The St. Louis Cardinals (92-67) meet the Pittsburgh Pirates (60-99) on Monday at PNC Park, at 6:35 PM ET.
The Pirates are an underdog (+143 moneyline odds to win) when they host the Cardinals (-165). The St. Louis Cardinals will hand the ball to Miles Mikolas (12-13, 3.30 ERA), who is looking for win No. 13 on the season, and the Pirates will turn to Mitch Keller (5-12, 3.92 ERA). The matchup has an over/under of 7.5 total runs.
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Cardinals vs. Pirates Last 10 Games Betting Performance
Cardinals
- St. Louis was the moneyline favorite in four of its last 10 games, and finished 3-1 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 five times.
- St. Louis’ ATS record is 5-5-0 over its past 10 games.
Pirates
- Pittsburgh has played as the underdog in three of its past 10 games and has gone 1-2 in those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, the Pirates and their opponents are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games with a total.
- Pittsburgh has a record of 5-5-0 ATS over its last 10 games.
Cardinals vs. Pirates Starting Pitcher Betting Trends
Projected starter: Miles Mikolas
- The Cardinals have a 19-14-0 record against the spread in Mikolas’ starts.
- The Cardinals have been the moneyline favorite in 22 of Mikolas’ starts this season, and they went 14-8 in those games.
- Mikolas’ team has won 18 of his 32 starts.
- Mikolas has had 33 starts with a set total this season, and the teams combined go over the total in 13 of those outings.
Projected starter: Mitch Keller
- Keller and his team are 15-13-0 ATS this season when he starts.
- When he is the starting pitcher, Pittsburgh has a record of 7-15 this season when they are the underdog on the moneyline.
- Keller’s team has won nine of his 28 starts this season.
- Out of Keller’s 28 starts with a total this season, 10 have hit the over.
Cardinals Batting Leaders
- Paul Goldschmidt has put up a team-best batting average of .318, and paces the Cardinals in home runs (35) and runs batted in (114).
- Among batters in baseball, Goldschmidt ranks eighth in homers and fourth in RBI.
- Nolan Arenado has 42 doubles, a triple, 30 home runs and 52 walks while hitting .292.
- Arenado ranks 20th in homers and seventh in RBI among hitters in baseball.
- Tommy Edman has 30 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 46 walks while batting .262.
- Brendan Donovan is hitting .280 with 21 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 60 walks.
- Donovan heads into this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .258 with three doubles, a home run, eight walks and four RBI.
Pirates Batting Leaders
- Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in batting average (.260), home runs (27) and runs batted in (61) this season.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Reynolds is 30th in home runs and 100th in RBI.
- Ke’Bryan Hayes has 121 hits and an OBP of .314 to go with a slugging percentage of .347 this season.
- Among all major league hitters, Hayes ranks 243rd in homers and 205th in RBI.
- Ben Gamel is slashing .232/.325/.372 this season for the Pirates.
- Gamel has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .273 with a double, a home run, three walks and three RBI.
- Oneil Cruz has collected 74 hits this season and has an OBP of .291. He’s slugging .458 on the year.
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