Cardinals vs. Pirates Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 4, 2024

The St. Louis Cardinals (44-40) will look to complete a series sweep as they take a 1-0 lead into their final matchup against the Pittsburgh Pirates (40-44) at 12:35 PM ET Thursday from PNC Park. The Cardinals are favored (-120) by bookmakers. St. Louis’ Andre Pallante gets the start, and he’ll go against Pittsburgh’s Martin Perez.

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Cardinals vs. Pirates Betting Lines

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

Cardinals vs. Pirates Betting Insights

• The Cardinals have been favorites in 41 games this season and have come away with the win 22 times (53.7%) in those contests.
• This season St. Louis has been victorious 16 times in 33 chances when named as a favorite of at least -120 on the moneyline.
• The Cardinals have an implied victory probability of 54.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Pirates are 24-25 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 49% of those games).
• Pittsburgh has a 20-22 record (winning 47.6% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +100 or longer.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Pirates’ implied win probability is 50%.

Cardinals vs. Pirates Hitting Leaders

• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in runs batted in with 42 while batting .270.
• Including all hitters in MLB, Donovan is 119th in homers and 49th in RBI.
• Alec Burleson is batting .280 with an OBP of .313 and a slugging percentage of .466 this season.
• Bryan Reynolds has a team-best batting average of .271, and leads the Pirates in home runs (13) and runs batted in (46).
• Among all hitters in the majors, Reynolds ranks 38th in home runs and 34th in RBI.
• Connor Joe is batting .248 with 16 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 25 walks.

Cardinals vs. Pirates 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 3.90 this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
• The Cardinals rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.251 WHIP this season.
• The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 13th in the majors.
• Pittsburgh has a 4.01 team ERA that ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Pirates average baseball’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.283).