Cardinals vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 4, 2024

Entering Saturday’s matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals (15-17), the Chicago White Sox (6-26) are on a four-game losing streak. The contest starts at 2:15 PM ET on BSMW with the Cardinals listed as -183 favorites, while the are +152 underdogs who may be heading for a fifth straight defeat. St. Louis’ Lance Lynn gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Erick Fedde.

Check out our betting primer for this contest, and find all of our MLB picks, too!

Cardinals vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-183)
• Underdog: White Sox (+152)
• Over/under: 8

Cardinals vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Cardinals have come away with eight wins in the 15 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• St. Louis has played as a favorite of -183 or more just one time this year and came away with a win in that game.
• The Cardinals have an implied victory probability of 64.7% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• The White Sox have compiled a 6-26 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 18.8% of those games).
• Chicago has a record of 4-16 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +152 or longer (20%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the White Sox have an implied win probability of 39.7%.

Cardinals vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Willson Contreras is batting .281 this season with five home runs, both lead St. Louis hitters.
• Of all hitters in baseball, Contreras’ home run total places him 41st and his RBI tally ranks him 167th.
• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in runs batted in (16) this season. He’s batting .215 while slugging .355.
• Gavin Sheets has put up a team-best batting average of .255, while pacing the White Sox in home runs (three).
• Sheets is 99th in homers and 137th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Andrew Benintendi has put his power on display as he paces his team with three home runs and 13 RBI.

Cardinals vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Cardinals average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
• The Cardinals have pitched to a 3.91 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.282 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• Chicago has a 5.11 team ERA that ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in MLB (1.462).