Booksmakers give the St. Louis Cardinals (41-35) the edge (-195 on the moneyline) to add to their four-game win streak when they face the Cincinnati Reds (39-37), at +162, on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. ET. Sonny Gray starts for St. Louis while Cincinnati will counter with Brent Suter.
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Cardinals to win vs Reds -195
Cardinals vs. Reds betting lines
- Favorite: Cardinals (-195)
- Underdog: Reds (+162)
- Over/under: 9
Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cardinals betting info
- The Cardinals have compiled a 19-16 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 54.3% of those games).
- St. Louis has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of -195 or shorter.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cardinals’ implied win probability is 66.1%.
- In the 76 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 40 times (40-33-3).
- The Cardinals have put together a 43-33-0 record against the spread this season (covering 56.6% of the time).
Cardinals hitting info
- Nolan Arenado is batting .247 with 11 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 23 walks.
- In MLB play, Arenado ranks 88th in home runs and 56th in RBI.
- Brendan Donovan’s .313 batting average leads his team.
- Donovan ranks 213th in homers and 132nd in RBI this year.
- Willson Contreras has put up a team-best 10 home runs and 50 runs batted in.
- Contreras heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .167 with a double, two home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
- Lars Nootbaar is batting .229 with 13 doubles, nine home runs and 42 walks.
- Nootbaar brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a double, a home run, three walks and three RBIs.
Cardinals pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 7.3 K/9, the second-worst in the majors.
- St. Louis has the 18th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.94).
- Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 15th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.268).
- Cardinals pitchers combine to give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (62 total, 0.8 per game).
- St. Louis took down the Reds 6-1 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing four hits.
Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Reds betting info
- The Reds have won 22, or 52.4%, of the 42 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Cincinnati has a record of 1-2 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +162 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Reds have a 38.2% chance to win.
- Cincinnati’s games have gone over the total in 33 of its 75 chances.
- The Reds have an ATS record of 39-36-0 in 75 games with a spread this season.
Reds hitting info
- Elly De La Cruz leads Cincinnati in home runs with 16 and runs batted in with 50.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, De La Cruz’s home run total is 14th, and his RBI total is 14th.
- TJ Friedl is batting .290 to lead Cincinnati, while adding eight homers and 29 runs batted in this season.
- Friedl currently is 110th in homers and 114th in RBI in the big leagues.
- Gavin Lux is slashing .270/.360/.383 this season for the Reds.
- Jose Trevino has 42 hits and an OBP of .349 to go with a slugging percentage of .511 this season.
- Trevino enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with two doubles, three walks and an RBI.
Reds pitching rankings
- The Reds strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
- Cincinnati has pitched to a 3.91 ERA this season, which ranks 15th in baseball.
- The Reds have a combined WHIP of just 1.227 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
- The Reds have given up the 22nd-fewest long balls so far this season with 91 home runs allowed.
- Cincinnati pitchers struck out 11 Cardinals hitters while allowing seven base hits in a 6-1 loss its last time out.
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