St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 50-34 Pittsburgh Pirates play host to the 55-30 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of PNC Park, July 9, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals -110/Pirates +100
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Carlos Martinez (R) W/L 9-3 WHIP 1.25 ERA 2.70
Jeff Locke (L) W/L 5-4 WHIP 1.41 ERA 4.15

St. Louis defeated the Cubs in Chicago on Wednesday 6-5. They are 2-2 on their road trip and 4-2 in their past 6 games. Pittsburgh was a 5-2 winner over San Diego yesterday for their 5th-straight win. They are 7-2 in their past 9 games and 29-15 at home in 2015.

The Cardinals have a 4-2 lead in the season series and a commanding 7-2 advantage in the last 9 encounters between these NL Central rivals.

Martinez received a no decision in his last start, a 2-1 win over San Diego. He allowed 1 run over 6.2 innings for his 9th-straight Q start. He has 13 on the year and the team is 13-3 when he starts.

Locke was a 1-0 winner over Cleveland in his last outing. He went 8 innings and struck out 6 for his 7th Q start on the season.

2B Kolten Wong is 1-3 (.333) against Locke with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF Peter Bourjos is 3-5 (.600) with an RBI. OF Jason Heyward is 5-15 (.333) with 2 RBIs but the fun stops there. Cs Yadier Molina and Tony Cruz, SS Jhonny Peralta, 3B Matt Carpenter and 1B Mark Reynolds are a combined 2-41 (.050) against the left-hander and no one on the roster has stolen a base off of him.

OF Gregory Polanco is 4-5 (.800) against Martinez with an RBI and a stolen base while 2B Neil Walker is 3-10 (.300) with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs. OF Andrew McCutchen is 3-9 (.333) against the young right-hander with a HR and 2 RBIs while IF Jordy Mercer is 4-9 (.444) with an RBI.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh Betting Trends

St. Louis is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
The Cardinals are 7-2 straight up in their last 9 games against the Pirates.
The game total has gone under in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games against Pittsburgh.
The Pirates are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games.
Pittsburgh is 5-0 straight up in their last 5 home games.

Injury Report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Belisle P 15-Day Disabled List
Jaime Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Holliday OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jon Jay OF 15-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 60-Day Disabled List
Kolten Wong 2B Day-to-Day (head)

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Harrison 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Corey Hart 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 60-Day Disabled List
Starling Marte OF Day-to-Day (oblique)
Rob Scahill P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Sellers 2B 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
St. Louis: 55%
Pittsburgh: 45%

Free MLB Pick

Cardinals’ starter Carlos Martinez has been ultra-sharp since he last started against the Pirates racking up nine Q starts in his last ten outings and holding the opposition to 3 or fewer runs in all ten games. However, his start against Pittsburgh wasn’t pretty allowing seven runs in just 5 1/3 innings. The Pirates roster has a lifetime .286 batting average in 63 at bats. Pittsburgh’s starter Jeff Locke’s stat line doesn’t look great against St. Louis, but his batter vs. pitcher stats versus the current roster are holding the hitters to a combined .223 BA. Both teams are playing well, but the Pirates are a sizzling 8-1 in their last nine games and this series has trended to the home team.

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