St Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 21 (5/21): MLB

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Odds

Time	6:35 p.m. EST
Cardinals money line	-143
Cardinals run line	-1.5 (+115)
Pirates money line	+120
Pirates run line	+1.5 (-135)
Over / under	9

 

Key stats

	St Louis Cardinals	Pittsburgh Pirates
Record	21-18	16-22
Road / home record	11-10	9-11
Last 10 record	5-5	4-6
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 and the Pittsburgh Pirates will play the 2nd game of the series series at the PNC Park. The Cardinals took the win 5-3 on the first of the series.

St Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals get here with a 21-18 record and have lost 3 of their last 5 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: 

Matthew Liberatore (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will take the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Cardinals. The 2018 16th-overall pick has been one of the game's more interesting prospects since he was drafted, and he's had a good start to the season with Triple-A Memphis, increasing his strikeout rate to 28.4 percent while posting a 3.83 ERA across seven starts.

Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pirates get to this game with a 16-22 record and have won 3 of their last 4 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: 

Jose Quintana (1-1, 2.19 ERA) will take the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Pirates. Quintana allowed three hits and a walk while striking out five in seven scoreless innings during Sunday's win over the Reds. He didn't factor into the decision.

BETTING TRENDS

St. Louis are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games on the road.

St. Louis are 12-2 SU in their last 14 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh.

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

Pittsburgh are 2-12 SU in their last 14 games when playing at home against St. Louis.

Prediction

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