The San Diego Padres (75-58) are set to take on the St. Louis Cardinals (65-66) Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. ET, airing on BSMW. The Padres are listed as -135 favorites by sportsbooks, while the underdog Cardinals have +114 odds for the contest. San Diego’s Dylan Cease and St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas have been named the starters for this contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $34.81
Padres to win vs Cardinals -135
Padres vs. Cardinals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-135)
- Underdog: Cardinals (+114)
- Over/under: 8
Padres vs. Cardinals Betting Insights
- The Padres have been chosen as favorites in 83 games this year and have walked away with the win 48 times (57.8%) in those games.
- San Diego has a record of 32-22 when favored by -135 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Padres have a 57.4% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Cardinals have won 50% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (32-32).
- St. Louis is 10-17 (winning only 37% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +114 or longer.
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Cardinals a 46.7% chance to win.
Padres vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar leads San Diego in home runs (21) and runs batted in (79) this season while batting .290.
- Among all MLB hitters, Profar ranks 17th in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage, and 25th in slugging.
- Jackson Merrill has collected 132 hits this season and has an OBP of .321. He’s slugging .488 on the year.
- Alec Burleson has racked up a team-high 21 home runs and 72 runs batted in.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Burleson is 33rd in home runs and 31st in RBI.
- Brendan Donovan is hitting .266 with 27 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 37 walks.
Padres vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The Padres have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
- Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.97 this year, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- Padres pitchers have a 1.231 WHIP this season, ninth-best in the majors.
- The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 26th in the majors.
- St. Louis has the 19th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.15).
- The Cardinals average baseball’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.272).