St Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 20 (5/20): MLB

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Odds

Time	6:35 p.m. EST
Cardinals money line	-155
Cardinals run line	-1.5 (+110)
Pirates money line	+130
Pirates run line	+1.5 (-130)
Over / under	8

 

Key stats

	St Louis Cardinals	Pittsburgh Pirates
Record	20-18	16-21
Road / home record	10-10	9-10
Last 10 record	4-6	5-5
Streak	L2	W1
Over / under record	19-18-1	15-19-3
Runs / game	4.50	3.30
Runs allowed / game	3.70	5.22

Preview

The St Louis Cardinals will visit the Pittsburgh Pirates to play a 3-game series at the PNC Park. The Pirates lost their last series against the Cubs while the Cards lost 3 of 4 games against the Mets.

St Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals get here with a 20-18 record and have lost 3 of their last 4 games. The team is averaging 4.50 runs and allowing 3.70 runs per game. Nolan Arenado leads with 9 home runs and batting for .297 AVG whit 31 RBI so far.

Mike Mikolas leads the pitching staff with a 1.68 ERA, 36 strikeouts and 3 wins recorded for the Cardinals.

Probable Pitcher: 

Adam Wainwright (4-3, 3.15 ERA) will take the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Cardinals. Wainwright registered the win during Sunday's 15-6 victory over the Giants, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings. He threw 4 scoreless innings and struckout 6 batters the last time he faced the Pirates.

Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates get to this game with a 16-21 record and have won 3 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 3.30 runs and allowing 5.22 runs per game. Ke'Bryan Hayes is batting for .289 AVG. Daniel Vogelbach leads in home runs with 6 so far and Gamel has 14 RBI

Jose Quintana leads the pitching staff with a 2.19 ERA, 30 strikeouts and 1 win recorded for the Pirates.

Probable Pitcher: 

Zach Thompson (2-3, 5.47 ERA) will take the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Pirates. Thompson moved to 2-3 in the Pirates' 3-1 win Saturday, holding the Reds scoreless over six frames while striking out three and allowing one hit and three walks.

BETTING TRENDS

St. Louis are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games on the road.

St. Louis are 11-2 SU in their last 13 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games at home.

Prediction

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