Data Skrive:
The Detroit Tigers (17-13) are favored on the moneyline (-112) in Wednesday’s contest versus the St. Louis Cardinals (14-16). Game time is at 1:10 PM ET on MLB Network. The Cardinals, with +151 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Kenta Maeda starts for Detroit while Miles Mikolas is St. Louis’ starter for the contest.
Take a look at our betting primer for this contest, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.86
Tigers to win vs Cardinals -112
Tigers vs. Cardinals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-112)
- Underdog: Cardinals (-107)
- Over/under: 8.5
Tigers vs. Cardinals Betting Insights
- The Tigers have won in nine, or 52.9%, of the 17 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Detroit has a record of 8-8 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -112 or more on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Tigers have a 52.8% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Cardinals have been the moneyline underdog 17 total times this season. They’ve finished 7-10 in those games.
- St. Louis has gone 7-10 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -107 or longer (41.2%).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Cardinals a 51.7% chance to win.
Tigers vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders
- Riley Greene leads Detroit with seven home runs this season. He’s batting .257 with 15 RBI.
- Among batters in MLB, Greene is ninth in homers and 62nd in RBI.
- Mark Canha leads Detroit in runs batted in with 16 while batting .278 with five homers.
- Brendan Donovan has sent home a team-high 16 runs batted in.
- Donovan’s home run total ranks 90th in the majors, and he is 54th in RBI.
- Nolan Arenado is batting .272 with six doubles, a home run and 10 walks.
Tigers vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The Tigers average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- The Tigers have pitched to a 3.20 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.102 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 15th in the majors.
- St. Louis’ 4.02 team ERA ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 22nd-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.319).