Sonny Gray’s St. Louis Cardinals (50-46) are favored on the moneyline (-154) against the Atlanta Braves (42-52), who are at +130, on Sunday as he looks to collect his 10th win of the season. The contest starts at 2:15 p.m. ET. Atlanta has not named a starter while St. Louis is projected to start Gray.
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Cardinals to win vs Braves -154
Cardinals vs. Braves betting lines
- Favorite: Cardinals (-154)
- Underdog: Braves (+130)
- Over/under: 8.5
Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cardinals betting info
- The Cardinals have gone 24-19 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.8% of those games).
- St. Louis has a record of 5-2 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -154 or shorter (71.4% winning percentage).
- The Cardinals have a 60.6% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- St. Louis has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 50 times this season for a 50-41-4 record against the over/under.
- The Cardinals have put together a 54-41-0 record ATS this season.
Cardinals hitting info
- Brendan Donovan paces the Cardinals with a .297 batting average.
- Donovan ranks 151st in home runs and 123rd in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
- Donovan brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .316 with a home run, three walks and four RBIs.
- Nolan Arenado has 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 25 walks while hitting .246.
- Arenado currently ranks 118th in home runs and 84th in RBI in the bigs.
- Arenado brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .188 with a walk and an RBI.
- Alec Burleson is batting .289 with 17 doubles, 11 home runs and 21 walks.
- Lars Nootbaar has hit 12 home runs to pace his team.
Cardinals pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 7.3 K/9, the second-worst in MLB.
- St. Louis has a 4.12 team ERA that ranks 20th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Cardinals average baseball’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.270).
- Cardinals pitchers combine to surrender 92 home runs (one per game), the fifth-fewest in MLB.
- St. Louis struck out six Braves batters while giving up 10 hits in a 7-6 loss in its last game.
Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Braves betting info
- This season, the Braves have been the underdog 20 times and won five, or 25%, of those games.
- Atlanta has not won as an underdog of +130 or more on the moneyline this season in four such games.
- The implied probability of a win by the Braves, based on the moneyline, is 43.5%.
- Atlanta and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 37 of its 94 opportunities.
- The Braves are 38-56-0 ATS in their 94 games with a spread this season.
Braves hitting info
- Matt Olson leads Atlanta in home runs with 17 and runs batted in with 58.
- In all of MLB, Olson is 29th in home runs and 20th in RBI.
- Marcell Ozuna has 76 hits and an OBP of .364 to go with a slugging percentage of .396 this season.
- Ozuna is 68th in homers and 84th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
- Ozzie Albies has collected 79 base hits, an OBP of .291 and a slugging percentage of .317 this season.
- Ronald Acuna has 52 hits and an OBP of .447 to go with a slugging percentage of .609 this season.
- Acuna has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two doubles, three home runs, two walks and four RBIs.
Braves pitching rankings
- The Braves average 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-most in the big leagues.
- Atlanta has pitched to a 3.87 ERA this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
- Braves pitchers have a 1.243 WHIP this season, 10th-best in the majors.
- With 108 homers allowed, the Braves rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
- Atlanta pitchers struck out 12 Cardinals batters while allowing seven hits in a 7-6 win last time out.
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