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The St. Louis Cardinals will take the field against the Cincinnati Reds (37-43) on Thursday. The game begins at 7:45 PM ET on BSMW, with the Cardinals listed as -137 favorites on the moneyline. Miles Mikolas starts for St. Louis while Andrew Abbott is Cincinnati’s starter for the contest.
Be sure to check out our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $34.60
Cardinals to win vs Reds -137
Cardinals vs. Reds Betting Lines
- Favorite: Cardinals (-137)
- Underdog: Reds (+115)
- Over/under: 8.5
Cardinals vs. Reds Betting Insights
- The Cardinals have been chosen as favorites in 37 games this year and have walked away with the win 20 times (54.1%) in those games.
- This year St. Louis has won 12 of 21 games when listed as at least -137 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cardinals have a 57.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Reds have won 37.2% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (16-27).
- Cincinnati has a record of 9-14 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +115 or longer (39.1%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Reds’ implied win probability is 46.5%.
Cardinals vs. Reds Hitting Leaders
- Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in runs batted in with 40 while batting .270.
- Donovan’s home runs put him 103rd in MLB, and he ranks 47th in RBI.
- Alec Burleson has collected 72 hits this season and has an OBP of .321. He’s slugging .478 on the year.
- Elly De La Cruz leads the Reds with 14 home runs.
- De La Cruz is 23rd in homers and 81st in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
- Spencer Steer’s 49 runs batted in pace his team.
Cardinals vs. Reds Pitching Rankings
- The Cardinals strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.92 this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.256 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Reds has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 13th in the majors.
- Cincinnati’s 3.92 team ERA ranks 12th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Reds have the 11th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.246).