Pirates vs. Cardinals Odds & Betting Predictions - April 15, 2023

Pirates at Cardinals

12:15 am • BSMW

Pittsburgh Pirates

0-0

0 - 3

St. Louis Cardinals

0-0

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Woodford			6.23	2-3
J.Oviedo			4.31	9-14

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 0-0	+1.5-146	o9-105	+134
Cardinals 0-0	-1.5+122	u9-115	-158

Saturday 12:15 a.m.

April 15, 2023

Busch StadiumSt. Louis

PIT o3.5-120

PIT +1.5-150

1.5u

STL o4.5-125

PIT +0.5 (F5)-114

Under 9-112

Happy Lance Barksdale day, +33 units lifetime to the Under. STL best bullpen in MLB (xFIP)

Over 8.5-120

J.Woodford o3.5 Ks-102

Available at FanDuel. You can get over 2.5 at other spots, but the 3.5 at -102 is my preferred route. I have Woodford projected for 4.26 strikeouts here. He has struggled in his two starts, but he has still managed to get 3 and 5 strikeouts, respectively. He went 95 pitches in the first start, so he's full stretched out. The Pirates' active roster has a 23.9% strikeout rate against righties since the start of last year. 3.5 isn't a big number, so even accounting for Woodford's being a low-strikeout guy, I'm willing to rock with the over here.

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The Cardinals are 10-59 (.145) when trailing entering the 7th inning since the 2022 season -- 8th best in MLB; League Avg: .118.

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MLB Public Betting

Cardinals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Cardinals are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cardinals are 38-43 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Cardinals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 37 of Cardinals' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	80-82	42-39	38-43	28-49	51-33
Pirates	88-74	43-38	45-36	29-34	59-39

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cardinals	74-83-5	37-42-2	37-41-3	39-38	34-45-5
Pirates	77-81-4	40-38-3	37-43-1	31-30-2	46-50-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	83-79	44-37	39-42	39-38	43-41
Pirates	76-86	39-42	37-44	35-28	41-57

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Apr 13th	PIT	L 0-5	-1.5 L	U 8.5	PIT -275
Apr 12th	@COL	W 7-4	-1.5 W	U 13	STL -177
Apr 12th	@COL	W 9-6	-1.5 W	O 12	STL -172
Apr 11th	@COL	L 4-7	-1.5 L	U 11.5	COL -146
Apr 9th	@MIL	L 1-6	+1.5 L	U 9	MIL +132

Sonny Gray
P
Gray is out with arm
Out
Willson Contreras
C
Contreras is out with finger
Out

Ke'Bryan Hayes
IF
Hayes is out with back
Out
Johan Oviedo
P
Oviedo is out for season with elbow
Out for Season
Endy Rodriguez
C
Rodriguez is out for season with elbow
Out for Season

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.Oviedo, P	93	7	10	1
RD. Underwood, P	17	0.1	1	2
RR.Stephenson, P	8	0.2	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Bae, SS	1-3	0	0	0
2B.Reynolds, LF	1-4	0	0	0
3A.McCutchen, DH	1-4	0	0	0
4C.Joe, 1B	0-4	0	0	0
5J.Suwinski, CF	1-4	0	0	0
6R.Castro, 3B	1-3	0	0	0
7C. Smith-Njigba, RF	1-4	0	0	0
8M. Mathias, 2B	1-3	0	0	0
9A.Hedges, C	1-3	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K
RJ.Woodford, P	81	5.1	3
LZ.Thompson, P	31	1.2	4
RD. VerHagen, P	11	1	0
RG.Gallegos, P	10	1	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1B.Donovan, 2B	1-4	0	0
2A.Burleson, RF	1-4	0	0
2J.Walker, PR	0-0	1	0
2J.Walker, RF	0-0	1	0
3P.Goldschmidt, 1B	0-3	0	0
4N.Arenado, 3B	3-3	2	0
5W.Contreras, C	1-4	0	1
6N.Gorman, DH	3-4	0	2
7T.O'Neill, LF	0-4	0	0
8D.Carlson, CF	0-4	0	0
9T.Edman, SS	0-3	0	0