San Francisco Giants vs St Louis Cardinals Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 13 (5/13): MLB

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Odds

Time	8:15 p.m. EST
Giants money line	-122
Giants run line	-1.5 (+140)
Cardinals money line	+102
Cardinals run line	+1.5 (-165)
Over / under	7.5

 

Key stats

	San Francisco Giants	St Louis Cardinals
Record	19-12	17-14
Road / home record	8-5	8-7
Last 10 record	5-5	5-5
Streak	W5	L1
Over / under record	16-14-1	15-15-1
Runs / game	5.00	4.39
Runs allowed / game	3.71	3.42

 

Preview

The St Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants will meet again to play a 3-game series at the Busch Stadium. The Giants swept the Rockies in his last series and the Cardinals lost against the Orioles.

San Francisco Giants

The Giants get here with a 19-12 record and have won 5 games in a row. The offense is on fire and is averaging 5 runs per game while allowing 3.71 runs. Wilmer Flores leads the team with 19 RBI and batting for an average of .270. Joc Pederson has 6 home runs.

Cobb (2-1) limited Colorado to one run on three hits in 5 1/3 innings and struck out six. He won for the first time since his Giants debut on April 12.

Probable Pitcher:

Logan Webb (1-1, 4.80 ERA) will be on the mound for the Giants in the 1st game of the series. Webb earned the win over St. Louis on Saturday, completing five innings and allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out seven. He faced the Cardinals earlier this season and allowed 4 runs in 5 innings.

St Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals get here with a 17-14 record and have lost 4 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 4.39 runs and allowing 3.42 runs per game. Nolan Arenado leads with 7 home runs and batting for .316 AVG whit 26 RBI so far.

Matz lost his second straight start, allowing three runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts and no walks.

Probable Pitcher: 

Jordan Hicks (1-2, 3.78 ERA) will take the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Cardinals. Over his last four appearances, Hicks has posted a 4.97 ERA and 1.34 WHIP in 12.2 innings, and he's failed to last longer than 4.1 innings in any of his starts this year. He allowed 2 runs across 4.1 innings last time he faced the Giants.

BETTING TRENDS

San Francisco are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games against St. Louis.

San Francisco are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games on the road.

St. Louis are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis' last 6 games against San Francisco.

Prediction

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