Pirates vs. Cardinals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 24, 2024

Pedro Pages will look to extend his 10-game hitting streak when the St. Louis Cardinals (53-48) take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (51-50). The Pirates are listed as -120 favorites on the moneyline for the contest, which starts at 12:35 PM ET Wednesday, live on MLB Network from PNC Park. Pittsburgh’s Martin Perez gets the start, and he’ll go against St. Louis’ Matthew Liberatore.

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Pirates vs. Cardinals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-120)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+100)
• Over/under: 8.5

Pirates vs. Cardinals Betting Insights

• The Pirates have been favorites in 41 games this season and have come away with the win 22 times (53.7%) in those contests.
• Pittsburgh has a record of 18-15 when favored by -120 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Pirates have a 54.5% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Cardinals have gone 24-25 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 49% of those games).
• St. Louis is 19-23 (winning 45.2% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +100 or longer.
• The Cardinals have a 50% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Pirates vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders

• Bryan Reynolds is batting .288 with 18 home runs and 61 RBI. All three of those stats are best among Pittsburgh hitters this season.
• Including all hitters in MLB, Reynolds is 23rd in homers and 22nd in RBI.
• Oneil Cruz is batting .253 with an OBP of .307 and a slugging percentage of .455 this season.
• Alec Burleson has a team-best batting average of .293 while pacing the Cardinals in runs batted in (60).
• Burleson’s home run total ranks 23rd in MLB, and he is 26th in RBI.
• Brendan Donovan is hitting .269 with 22 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 29 walks.

Pirates vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings

• The Pirates average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
• The Pirates have pitched to a 3.81 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.269 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 25th in the majors.
• St. Louis’ 3.95 team ERA ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals average baseball’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.263).