Cardinals vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 3, 2024

The St. Louis Cardinals (14-17) are -272 favorites to break their two-game losing streak when they face the Chicago White Sox (6-25), losers of three in a row. The game begins Friday at 8:15 PM ET on NBCS-CHI, live from Busch Stadium. Sonny Gray will get the ball for St. Louis while Chicago will counter with Brad Keller.

Here is our preview for this game, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Cardinals vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-272)
• Underdog: White Sox (+220)
• Over/under: 8

Cardinals vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Cardinals have won in seven, or 50%, of the 14 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• St. Louis has not played a game this season with better moneyline odds than -272.
• The Cardinals have an implied victory probability of 73.1% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The White Sox have compiled a 6-25 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 19.4% of those games).
• Chicago has played four times as a moneyline underdog with odds of +220 or longer, and fell in each game.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 31.2%.

Cardinals vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in runs batted in with 16 while batting .222.
• Donovan ranks 97th in baseball in homers, and 59th in RBI.
• Willson Contreras’ five home runs are most among St. Louis batters. He’s driven in 10 runs this season while slugging .505.
• Gavin Sheets paces the White Sox with three home runs and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .267.
• Sheets’ home run total ranks 97th in the big leagues, and he is 132nd in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi has hit three home runs with 13 RBI. Both pace his team.

Cardinals vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Cardinals average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
• Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.04 this year, which ranks 19th in MLB.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.309 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 20th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 29th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (5.17).
• The White Sox average baseball’s second-worst WHIP (1.472).