Data Skrive:
The San Francisco Giants (79-80) are favorites (-136) on the moneyline when they square off against the St. Louis Cardinals (81-78) Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET, live on BSMW. San Francisco’s Blake Snell gets the start, and he’ll go against St. Louis’ Andre Pallante.
Here is our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $34.71
Giants to win vs Cardinals -136
Giants vs. Cardinals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Giants (-136)
- Underdog: Cardinals (+116)
- Over/under: 7.5
Giants vs. Cardinals Betting Insights
- The Giants have come away with 45 wins in the 77 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- San Francisco has a record of 27-15 when favored by -136 or more this year.
- The Giants have an implied victory probability of 57.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Cardinals have gone 40-40 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +116 or longer, St. Louis has gone 13-19 (40.6%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 46.3%.
Giants vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders
- Matt Chapman leads San Francisco in home runs (27) and runs batted in (78) this season while batting .246.
- Chapman’s home runs rank him 29th in baseball, and he is 44th in RBI.
- Heliot Ramos is batting .273 to lead San Francisco, while adding 22 homers and 72 runs batted in this season.
- Brendan Donovan has a team-high batting average of .274.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Donovan ranks 153rd in homers and 76th in RBI.
- Alec Burleson has capitalized on opportunities as he leads his team with 74 runs batted in.
Giants vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The Giants strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-best in MLB.
- Giants pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.07 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- Giants pitchers have a 1.292 WHIP this season, 21st in the majors.
- The Cardinals pitching staff is 26th in MLB with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- St. Louis has the 17th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.07).
- The Cardinals have the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.261).