St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 95-61 Pittsburgh Pirates play host to the 98-58 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of PNC Park, Sept 28, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: St. Louis +124/Pittsburgh -135
Total Line: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Lance Lynn (R) W/L 12-10 WHIP 1.36 ERA 3.16
J.A. Happ (L) W/L 6-2 WHIP 1.13 ERA 2.28 (NL stats only)
St. Louis was an 8-4 loser to Milwaukee yesterday afternoon. They finished their homestand with a 5-2 mark and are 6-2 in their last 8 games. Pittsburgh was a 4-0 loser to the Cubs on Sunday. They finished their road trip with an 8-2 record. The Pirates are 50-25 at home in 2015.
Pittsburgh has a 6-3 advantage in the last 9 games played in 2015 between these two NL Central rivals.
Lynn was a 10-2 winner over Cincinnati in his last start. He surrendered 0 runs over 6 innings for his 19th Q start of the year.
Happ was a 6-3 winner at Colorado in his last outing. He lasted 5.1 innings, allowed 3 runs and struck out 8 for his 14th Q start of the season.
St. Louis 1B-OF Brandon Moss is 7-11 (.636) against Happ with 1 RBI while OF Matt Holliday is 6-13 (.462) with a HR, 3 RBIs and 1 SB. C Yadier Molina is 6-18 (.333) vs. the left-hander with a HR and 3 RBIs while OF Jon Jay is 5-12 (.417).
Pirates 2B Neil Walker is 14-38 (.368) against Lynn with 3 HRs and 10 RBIs while SS Jordy Mercer is 7-15 (.467) with 4 RBIs. OF Starling Marte is 8-21 (.381) with a SB vs. the right-hander while 3B Josh Harrison is 7-19 (.368) with a HR and 2 RBIs.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh Betting Trends
St. Louis is 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games overall.
The Cardinals are 3-6 straight up in their last 9 games against Pittsburgh.
The game total has gone over in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 road games against Pittsburgh.
The Pirates are 8-1 straight up in their last 9 games.
Pittsburgh is 15-7 straight up in their last 22 games at home.
Injury Report
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Carlos Martinez P Out For Season (shoulder)
Yadier Molina C Out Indefinitely (hand)
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 60-Day Disabled List
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Deolis Guerra P 60-Day Disabled List
Corey Hart 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Jung Ho Kang 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 60-Day Disabled List
Casey Sadler P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
St. Louis: 46%
Pittsburgh: 54%
Free MLB Pick
Two of the better hitting clubs over the last 7 days with the Pirates scoring 44 runs in their last seven games and the Cardinals 38. The historical batter versus pitcher stats suggests that scoring shouldn’t be a problem with the Pirates having a .342 on base percentage against Lance Lynn and the Cardinals having a lifetime .376 OBP against J. A. Happ.
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