The St. Louis Cardinals (41-35) and the Cincinnati Reds (39-37) take the field on Sunday at Busch Stadium, beginning at 2:15 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are favored on the moneyline (-114), while the Reds are -105 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +164 odds. St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas and Cincinnati’s Andrew Abbott pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Cardinals vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-114)
• Underdog: Reds (-105)
• Over/under: 9

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been favored on the moneyline 35 total times this season. They’ve gone 19-16 in those games.
• St. Louis has gone 17-13 (winning 56.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -114 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 53.3%.
• In the 76 games in which bookmakers 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 a 43-33-0 record ATS this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Nolan Arenado has 11 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 23 walks while batting .247.
• Arenado’s home runs rank 88th in MLB and he ranks 56th in RBI in MLB.
• Brendan Donovan’s .313 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Donovan currently ranks 213th in homers and 132nd in RBI in the majors.
• Willson Contreras has put up a team-best 10 home runs and 50 runs batted in.
• Contreras has safely hit in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .167 with a double, two home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Lars Nootbaar has 13 doubles, nine home runs and 42 walks while hitting .229.
• Nootbaar takes 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 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 29th in the majors.
• St. Louis’ 3.94 team ERA ranks 18th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals average MLB’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.268).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to surrender 62 home runs (0.8 per game), the third-fewest in baseball.
• St. Louis struck out eight Reds batters while allowing four hits in a 6-1 win in its last game.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• This season, the Reds have been the underdog 42 times and won 22, or 52.4%, of those games.
• Cincinnati has entered 36 games this season as the underdog by -105 or more and is 18-18 in those contests.
• The Reds have a 51.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Cincinnati’s games have gone over the total in 33 of its 75 chances.
• The Reds are 39-36-0 against the spread in their 75 chances this season.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz is batting .263 this season with a team-high 16 home runs and 50 RBI.
• De La Cruz’s home run total ranks 14th in MLB, and he is 14th in RBI.
• TJ Friedl’s batting average of .290 leads all Cincinnati hitters this season.
• Among all major league hitters, Friedl ranks 110th in homers and 115th in RBI.
• Gavin Lux has 60 hits this season and a slash line of .270/.360/.383.
• Jose Trevino has collected 42 hits this season and has an OBP of .349. He’s slugging .511 on the year.
• Trevino has safely hit in three games in a row. 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 1.227 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
• With 91 homers allowed, the Reds rank 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.
• Cincinnati pitchers struck out 11 Cardinals hitters while allowing seven base hits in a 6-1 loss its last time out.