Pirates vs. Cardinals Odds & Betting Predictions - August 28, 2025

Pirates at Cardinals

6:15 pm • SportsNet PT

Pittsburgh Pirates

31-28

1 - 4

St. Louis Cardinals

30-26

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Mikolas			4.84	8-11
B.Ashcraft			2.71	4-4

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 31-28	-1.5	PK-109	o8-120	+102
Cardinals 30-26	u9	PK-108	u8+100	-120

Thursday 6:15 p.m.

August 28, 2025

Busch StadiumSt. Louis

Under 4.5 (F5)+100

B.Ashcraft u4.5 Hits Allowed-122

0.82u

B.Reynolds o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-130

O.Cruz o1.5 Total Bases+130

$1.00

Under 8.5-105

0.75u

Under 8.5+100

0.5u

Bet to -115

PIT -106 (F5)

0.53u

Ashcraft 26.5 K%, 58.1 GB%, 32.3 HardHit%, velo increase in 3 starts, Mikolas 15 Ks, 14 Barrels, 10 BB L7 starts - STL LU not 100% (71 team wRC+ L7 days, down to 98 on the year vs RHP) - projected defenses even.

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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 17-11 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 14 of Cardinals' 27 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	33-22	16-11	17-11	3-3	30-19
Pirates	30-28	15-16	15-12	17-16	12-12

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cardinals	24-28-3	14-12-1	10-16-2	2-4	22-24-3
Pirates	31-25-2	20-11	11-14-2	21-12	9-13-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	30-25	14-13	16-12	3-3	27-22
Pirates	30-28	16-15	14-13	19-14	10-14

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 27th	PIT	L 1-2	-1.5 L	U 7.5	PIT -174
Aug 26th	PIT	L 3-8	-1.5 L	O 8	PIT -126
Aug 25th	PIT	W 7-6	-1.5 L	O 8	STL -132
Aug 24th	@TB	L 2-7	+1.5 L	U 9	TB +125
Aug 22nd	@TB	L 6-10	+1.5 L	O 9	TB +117

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RB.Ashcraft, P	73	5.2	5	1
RY.Ramirez, P	16	0.2	0	3
RD.Moreta, P	14	0.2	1	0
RC.Holderman, P	14	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1S.Horwitz, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
2T.Pham, LF	1-4	1	1	1
3B.Reynolds, DH	0-3	0	0	0
4N.Gonzales, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
5O.Cruz, CF	0-2	0	0	0
6J.Bart, C	0-4	0	0	0
7J.Suwinski, RF	1-3	0	0	0
7J.Triolo, PH	1-1	0	0	0
8L.Peguero, SS	1-3	0	0	0
9I.Kiner-Falefa, 3B	0-3	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Mikolas, P	93	5	5	1
RK.Leahy, P	38	2	4	0
RR.O'Brien, P	13	1	0	0
LJ.Romero, P	12	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1L.Nootbaar, CF	3-4	1	0	0
1L.Nootbaar, LF	3-4	1	0	0
2I.Herrera, DH	1-4	0	0	1
3A.Burleson, LF	0-3	0	0	0
3N.Church, CF	0-0	0	0	0
4W.Contreras, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
5N.Gorman, 3B	0-4	0	0	0
6M.Winn, SS	0-3	1	0	0
7T.Saggese, 2B	2-3	1	0	1
8J.Walker, RF	1-3	1	1	2
9Y.Pozo, C	0-3	0	0	0