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

Pirates at Cardinals

12:15 am • BSMW

Pittsburgh Pirates

38-52

0 - 3

St. Louis Cardinals

48-42

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

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 38-52	+1.5-146	o9-105	+134
Cardinals 48-42	-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 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Cardinals are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cardinals are 26-21 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Cardinals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 23 of Cardinals' 43 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	49-41	23-20	26-21	16-22	32-19
Pirates	46-44	27-20	19-24	9-17	35-27

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cardinals	46-41-3	23-19-1	23-22-2	20-16-2	25-25-1
Pirates	35-50-5	20-24-3	15-26-2	9-17	25-32-5

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	48-42	26-17	22-25	21-17	26-25
Pirates	38-52	26-21	12-31	12-14	25-37

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

Nolan Arenado
3B
Nolan Arenado has been scratched Saturday.
Out

Johan Oviedo
SP
Oviedo is questionable with elbow
Questionable
Endy Rodriguez
1B
Rodriguez is out with elbow
Out
Jared Jones
SP
Jones is out with elbow
Out
Jared Triolo
SS
Triolo is questionable with back
Questionable
Spencer Horwitz
1B
Horwitz is questionable with wrist
Questionable

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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