Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 72-40 St. Louis Cardinals play host to the 65-45 Pittsburgh Pirates tonight in MLB action on the grass of Busch Stadium, August 12, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:15PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Pirates +101/Cardinals -111
O/U Total: 6.5
Pitching Matchup
Gerrit Cole (R) W/L 14-5 WHIP 1.10 ERA 2.39
Michael Wacha (R) W/L 13-4 WHIP 1.08 ERA 2.92
St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh 4-3 last night. The Cards are 1-0 on their homestand and 7-3 in their last 10 games. They are 41-16 at home in 2015. The Pirates are 0-1 on their road trip and 6-3 in their past 9 games.
Pittsburgh has a 5-2 edge in the last 7 games played in 2015 between these two NL Central rivals.
Cole received a no decision in his last start, a 5-4 win over the Dodgers. He allowed 3 runs over 6 innings for his 18th Q start of the season. Cole has allowed more than 3 ERs once (5) in his 22 starts.
Wacha was a 3-0 winner at Cincinnati in his last outing. He fanned 6 over 7 innings for his 14th Q start of the year.
Pirates 3B Aramis Ramirez is 1-3 (.333) against Wacha with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF Andrew McCutchen is 5-12 (.417). OF Starling Marte is 3-8 (.375) vs. the left-hander with an RBI and a SB. Pittsburgh is hitting .288 as a team against Wacha.
St. Louis 3B Matt Carpenter is 4-13 (.308) against Cole with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs while 1B Brandon Moss is 2-6 (.333) with a HR and 2 RBIs. IF Mark Reynolds is 2-7 (.286) with a solo HR while SS Jhonny Peralta is 4-14 (.286). The 6 other hitters who have faced the right-hander before are a combined 8-45 (.178) with 1 HR and 2 RBIs.
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Pittsburgh at St. Louis Betting Trends
The Pirates are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Pittsburgh is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 road games against St. Louis
The game total has gone under in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 road games against St. Louis
The Cardinals are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 home games.
St. Louis is 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games at home against Pittsburgh.
Injury Report
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
A.J. Burnett P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Deolis Guerra P 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Harrison 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Corey Hart 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 60-Day Disabled List
Jordy Mercer SS 15-Day Disabled List
Rob Scahill P 15-Day Disabled List
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Belisle P 60-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
Consensus Betting (Moneyline)
Pittsburgh: 42%
St. Louis: 58%
Free MLB Pick
It’s tough going against the team with not only the best record at home in baseball but also the best record overall, but that’s exactly what we are going to do. The home team holds a big edge this season winning nine of the 11 meetings but we were impressed by the Pirates who took five of the last seven. Both starter tonight have had success against their opponent with Cole winning his lone 2015 start and St. Louis winning both of Wacha’s starts. Coles’ road stats and Wacha’s home stats are similar so we’re going to call the starting pitching a draw and go with the team with the superior offense overall and in recent games.
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