Will Benson brings a two-game home run streak into the Cincinnati Reds’ (74-75) matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals (73-77). The Cardinals are favored on the moneyline (-125) over the Reds (+105), and it starts at 7:45 p.m. ET on Monday at Busch Stadium. Matthew Liberatore gets the starting nod for St. Louis, and Zack Littell is Cincinnati’s choice to start.

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Cardinals vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-125)
• Underdog: Reds (+105)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been favored on the moneyline 66 total times this season. They’ve finished 34-32 in those games.
• St. Louis has gone 24-21 (winning 53.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -125 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cardinals’ implied win probability is 55.6%.
• In the 149 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 75 times (75-67-7).
• The Cardinals have collected a 75-74-0 record against the spread this season (covering 50.3% of the time).

Cardinals hitting info

• Alec Burleson paces the Cardinals with a team-high batting average of .281.
• Burleson ranks 100th in home runs and 95th in RBI among all batters in MLB play.
• Willson Contreras has hit 20 home runs with 79 runs batted in. Both lead his team.
• Contreras ranks 70th in home runs and 41st in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Contreras heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .389 with a triple, two walks and five RBIs.
• Brendan Donovan is hitting .279 with 25 doubles, 10 home runs and 41 walks.
• Donovan takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with a double, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• Lars Nootbaar is batting .240 with 23 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 58 walks.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 29th in the majors.
• St. Louis has a 4.28 team ERA that ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals have the 20th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.319).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to allow the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (154 total, 1.0 per game).
• St. Louis knocked off the Brewers 3-2 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have been underdogs in 81 games this season and won 39 (48.1%) of those contests.
• Cincinnati has entered 57 games this season as the underdog by +105 or more and is 25-32 in those contests.
• The implied probability of a win by the Reds, based on the moneyline, is 48.8%.
• So far this season, Cincinnati and its opponents have hit the over in 56 of its 146 games with a total.
• In 146 games with a spread this season, the Reds are 75-71-0 ATS.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz is batting .263 with 19 home runs and 82 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Cincinnati hitters this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, De La Cruz ranks 80th in homers and 31st in RBI.
• TJ Friedl has collected 139 hits this season and has an OBP of .365. He’s slugging .373 on the year.
• Friedl is 164th overall in home runs and 178th in RBI this season.
• Spencer Steer is slashing .237/.308/.396 this season for the Reds.
• Austin Hays has 95 hits and an OBP of .316 to go with a slugging percentage of .460 this season.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
• Cincinnati has the 15th-ranked ERA (3.99) in the majors this season.
• Reds pitchers have a 1.246 WHIP this season, 11th in the majors.
• With 181 homers allowed, the Reds rank 20th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Cincinnati pitchers struck out seven Athletics hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 7-4 loss its last time out.