Atlanta Braves vs St Louis Cardinals Prediction: Braves to thrash Cards like last season

St. Louis could not cope on the road with Philadelphia and now will hold no less difficult away series with the reigning champion Atlanta Braves. Let's pick a few bets on the first matchup of the confrontation at once.

Atlanta almost caught up with the New York Mets

The first half of the 2022 regular season is a game of catch-up for Atlanta. And a successful one at that. After a poor start as the reigning champion, Brian Snitker's team nearly caught up with the New York Mets, the leader of their NL East division, by the end of the first half. Atlanta now has 46-39 and the Metropolitans 49-30. There is very little left to catch up on.

Kyle Wright, 9-4 and a 3.03 ERA in 15 starts this season, is Atlanta's starting pitcher for the first game of the series with St. Louis.

St. Louis could have done better in Philadelphia

The Cardinals won only one of the three games in the road series against the Phillies. First, Oliver Marmol's team let their opponent get back to 0-3 and lost, then they won somehow, allowing their opponent to go 0-5 and clinching the win only in the end. In the third game, however, St. Louis lost by all accounts, 0-4. Yes, the Cards were clearly expected to do better here. St. Louis is now 44-37 and in second place in the NL Central Division, two wins behind leader Milwaukee.

Dakota Hudson, 6-4 and a 3.83 ERA in 15 games, will start on the pitcher's mound in the first game in Atalanta.

Head-to-head encounters

The upcoming matchup will be the first of seven in a face-to-face encounter between the rivals this season.

In the last championship, Atlanta beat St. Louis in six games out of seven.

Expert Betting Tips

Brian Snitker clearly has his own method of how to beat St. Louis, since last season Atlanta only gave up one game out of seven to their opponent. In this championship, the Braves are also likely to start off the confrontation with a victory, considering especially how difficult the previous series of the Cardinals in Philadelphia turned out to be.

Prediction: Atlanta will win.

Betting options:

• W1+TU (11.5) for 2.10;
• H1 (-1.5) for 2.152;
• ITU2 (3.5) for 2.25.

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