St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 51-35 Pittsburgh Pirates play host to the 56-31 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of PNC Park, July 11, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:15PM ET.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals +108/Pirates -118
O/U Total: 6.5

Pitching Matchup
John Lackey (R) W/L 7-5 WHIP 1.23 ERA 3.09
A.J. Burnett (R) W/L 7-3 WHIP 1.21 ERA 1.99

Pittsburgh defeated St. Louis 5-2 yesterday. They are 6-2 on their homestand and 11-3 in their last 14 games. They are 30-16 at home in 2015. The Cardinals are 3-3 on their road trip and 5-3 in their past 8 games.

St. Louis leads the season series 5-3 and has a 7-3 advantage in the last 10 encounters with their NL Central rivals.

Lackey was a 6-0 winner at the Cubs in his last start. He pitched 7 innings for his 12th Q start of the year.

Burnett received his 7th no decision of the season in his last outing, a 2-1 win over San Diego. He went 7.2 innings and surrendered 1 run for his 14th Q start in 17 appearances in 2015.

STL 1B Mark Reynolds is 5-13 (.385) vs. Burnett with 3 HRs and 4 RBIs while OF Jason Heyward is 7-17 (.412) with 2 HRs, 4 RBIs and 4 SBs. 3B Matt Carpenter is 9-25 (.360) with an RBI vs. the veteran right-hander. The trio of 2B Kolten Wong, SS Jhonny Peralta and C Yadier Molina is a combined 13-65 (.200) vs. Burnett.

No one on the Pirates has more than 8 ABs vs. Lackey. 3B Pedro Alvarez is 2-5 (.400) with a solo HR while C Francisco Cervelli is 4-8 (.500) with a solo HR. OF Andrew McCutchen is 3-5 (.600) vs. the right-hander while OF Gregory Polanco is 2-3 (.667) with a stolen base.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh Betting Trends

St. Louis is 6-3 straight up in their last 9 road games.
The Cardinals are 8-3 straight up in their last 11 games against the Pirates.
The game total has gone under in 6 of St. Louis’s last 9 games against Pittsburgh.
The Pirates are 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games.
Pittsburgh is 6-1 straight up in their last 7 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

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: 45%
Pittsburgh: 55%

Free MLB Pick

Sure Cardinals starter John Lackey has been on a roll with five consecutive Q starts, but A.J. Burnett has been better with six and holds a big edge in lifetime batter versus pitcher stats with the St. Louis batters hitting .263 compared to the Pirates .303 against Lackey. The home team is the trend in this series and we feel that the number is reasonable making the Pirates the play here.

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