Cardinals vs Padres Betting Preview
A National League series concludes Thursday afternoon when the St. Louis Cardinals (87-63, 36-36 away) visit the San Diego Padres (83-66, 40-31 home). St. Louis is going to win the NL Central and San Diego is pretty safe as the second NL Wild Card participant. This game will air live on ESPN+.
Paul Goldschmidt is going to be the NL MVP this season as he leads St. Louis with a .320 batting average, 35 home runs and 112 RBIs. The Cardinals are batting .254 and the pitchers have recorded a 3.79 ERA and 1.26 WHIP.
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Manny Machado leads the Padres with a .296 batting average, 29 home runs and 93 RBIs. San Diego is hitting .240 and the pitchers have recorded a 3.85 ERA and 1.20 WHIP.
Cardinals vs Padres Pick & Prediction
Last time out, San Diego clinched the series win and a 1-0 win on Wednesday. Austin Nola hit an RBI single in the bottom of the second inning and that was all the Padres needed as Blake Snell, and the bullpen, shut the Cardinals down. San Diego outhit St. Louis 5-2 in this one.
Albert Pujols and Juan Yepez had the only two hits for St. Louis. Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado were the only other Cardinal base runners as they each did draw walks in the loss. Austin Nola went 1-2 with one walk and that game-winning RBI for San Diego. Ha-Seong Kim scored the game-winning run in this one. Blake Snell pitched seven beautiful innings to improve to 8-9, Milos Mikolas was also brilliant but fell to 11-13, and Josh Hader saved his 34th game of the season.
Pitching Matchup: Jack Flaherty (0-1, 5.09 ERA, 1.83 WHIP) vs Joe Musgrove (10-7, 3.16 ERA, 1.07 WHIP)
Tonights Pick:
St. Louis is still 6-2 in their last eight games against St. Louis but are 0-7 in their seven games at Petco Park. The Cardinals have been playing well against the NL West as they are 6-2 in their last eight games. San Diego is 5-0 in their last five games overall and 9-0 in their nine games against NL Central opponents.
St. Louis is going to get a jolt in the arm with the return of Jack Flaherty but give me San Diego to finish off the sweep.
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MLB
St. Louis Cardinals
San Diego Padres
Team Records
STL | Team Records | SD |
---|---|---|
5-7 | Home | 6-8 |
6-7 | Road | 8-6 |
7-12 | vRHP | 9-13 |
4-2 | vLHP | 5-1 |
4-9 | vs>.500 | 8-6 |
7-5 | vs<.500 | 6-8 |
4-6 | Last10 | 5-5 |
9-11 | Last20 | 11-9 |
11-14 | Last30 | 14-14 |
Team Stats
STL | Team Stats | SD |
---|---|---|
4.59 | ERA | 3.83 |
.268 | Batting Avg Against | .237 |
1.43 | WHIP | 1.28 |
.322 | BABIP | .289 |
8.3% | BB% | 9.0% |
20.4% | K% | 23.5% |
69.8% | LOB% | 75.4% |
.259 | Batting Avg | .240 |
.436 | SLG | .413 |
.770 | OPS | .739 |
.333 | OBP | .327 |
Pitchers
J. Flaherty | J. Musgrove | |
---|---|---|
109.2 | Innings | 97.1 |
20 | GS | 17 |
7-6 | W-L | 10-3 |
4.43 | ERA | 3.05 |
8.70 | K/9 | 8.97 |
4.43 | BB/9 | 1.94 |
0.82 | HR/9 | 0.92 |
74.4% | LOB% | 80.2% |
10.4% | HR/FB% | 11.2% |
4.22 | FIP | 3.54 |
4.46 | xFIP | 3.70 |
.274 | AVG | .244 |
21.9% | K% | 24.3% |
11.1% | BB% | 5.3% |
4.72 | SIERA | 3.75 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/24 CHC | Davies ML N/A | W12-4 TOTAL N/A | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10-19 |
8/24 DET | Mize ML N/A | L3-4 TOTAL N/A | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25-46 |
8/18 MIL | Peralta ML N/A | L4-6 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 56-92 |
8/13 KC | Minor ML N/A | W6-0 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 52-81 |
5/31 LAD | Bauer ML N/A | L4-9 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 50-83 |
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/1 PIT | Keller ML N/A | W5-2 TOTAL N/A | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 61-92 |
4/26 CIN | Sanmartin ML N/A | W9-6 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 59-85 |
4/19 CIN | Sanmartin ML N/A | W6-2 TOTAL N/A | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 65-94 |
4/14 ATL | Morton ML N/A | W12-1 TOTAL N/A | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 65-89 |
4/9 ARI | Davies ML N/A | W5-2 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 53-74 |
Betting Trends
STL | Betting Trends | SD |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
0-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-0-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
0 | Avg Score | 4 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 0.33 |
AWAY | HOME | |
1-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 1-2-0 |
1.33 | Avg Score | 2.67 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 3.67 |
STL | Betting Trends | SD |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
2-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-0-0 |
2-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-1-0 |
1.2 | Avg Score | 5.2 |
2 | Avg Opp Score | 0.8 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
2-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
2.6 | Avg Score | 3.4 |
4.4 | Avg Opp Score | 4.6 |
STL | Betting Trends | SD |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
5-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 6-4-0 |
3-7-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
2.6 | Avg Score | 3.5 |
3 | Avg Opp Score | 3.3 |
AWAY | HOME | |
5-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-5-0 |
5-5-0 | ATS W/L/P | 3-7-0 |
4.1 | Avg Score | 3 |
4.4 | Avg Opp Score | 4.6 |