Baseball. MLB. Regular season
St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
Stadium: Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
14.06.2022. 02:45 (UTC+3)
St. Louis continues to challenge Milwaukee in the National League Central Division standings. After beating Cincinnati, the Cardinals will now face another outsider, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Let's pick a few options to bet on in the first game of the series at once.
Claim Your Welcome Bonus!St. Louis pick up their wins
Oliver Marmol's team lost the last game of the divisional clash to the Cincinnati Reds. That said, they won the first two, while the Cards' chief rival, Milwaukee, lost two games out of three to Washington. St. Louis overtook the Brewers in the standings and now lead the NL Central division with a 34-27 balance. The Cardinals are in sixth place in the conference standings.
Zack Thompson will pitch for St. Louis in the first game of the series with Pittsburgh. He's a long reliever who has pitched just one game this season, one run allowed in four full innings against the Chicago Cubs (14-5).
Pittsburgh got to face Atlanta
The Pirates approach their series with St. Louis with six straight losses. Derek Shelton's team failed to finish the series with Detroit and then lost four straight on the road to Atlanta. The reigning champion had recently gained great form and simply destroyed Pittsburgh – 3-1, 4-2, 10-4, 5-3.
Mitch Keller, 2-5 and with a 5.26 ERA in 11 starts, is the starting pitcher for the Pirates in Game 1 of their series with St. Louis.
Head-to-head encounters
The score in the season series is 5-1 in favor of St. Louis.
Expert Betting Tips
St. Louis and Pittsburgh are teams of very different levels. The score in the season series reflects this – the Cardinals have beaten the Pirates in 5 out of 6 games in this championship. In the upcoming match, especially after losing the final game of the series to Cincinnati, St. Louis will also probably win. After all, on the mound for the Pirates is going to be Mitch Keller, with whom they tend to lose far more often than they win.
Prediction: St. Louis will win.
Betting options:
- Handicap St. Louis (-1.5) for 2.01;
- W1 + TO (7.5) for 2.10;
- Handicap St. Louis (-2.5) for 2.70.
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