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The St. Louis Cardinals (15-20) stumble into Tuesday’s matchup with the New York Mets (17-18) looking to break a three-game losing streak. The contest starts at 7:45 PM ET on BSMW with the Cardinals listed as -123 favorites to right the ship. Miles Mikolas will get the ball for St. Louis while New York will counter with Jose Butto.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $36.26
Cardinals to win vs Mets -123
Cardinals vs. Mets Betting Lines
- Favorite: Cardinals (-123)
- Underdog: Mets (+104)
- Over/under: 8
Cardinals vs. Mets Betting Insights
- The Cardinals have come away with eight wins in the 18 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- St. Louis has a record of 6-8 when favored by -123 or more this year.
- The Cardinals have an implied victory probability of 55.2% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Mets have gone 6-9 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 40% of those games).
- New York is 6-6 (winning 50% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +104 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Mets have an implied win probability of 49%.
Cardinals vs. Mets Hitting Leaders
- Nolan Arenado leads St. Louis in batting average (.286) and runs batted in (19) this season.
- Including all hitters in Major League Baseball, Arenado is 171st in home runs and 44th in RBI.
- Willson Contreras’ six home runs are most among St. Louis batters. He’s driven in 12 runs this season while slugging .538.
- Francisco Lindor has seven doubles, six home runs and 13 walks while batting .204.
- Lindor ranks 32nd in home runs and 37th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Brandon Nimmo has totaled 22 runs batted in to pace his team.
Cardinals vs. Mets Pitching Rankings
- The Cardinals strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have pitched to a 3.90 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
- The Cardinals rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.269 WHIP this season.
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Mets pitching staff ranks fourth in the majors.
- New York’s 3.69 team ERA ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Mets average baseball’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.305).