The St. Louis Cardinals (3-7) face the Colorado Rockies (5-6) for the 2nd game of a 3-game series Tuesday. First pitch from Coors Field is set for 8:40 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Cardinals vs. Rockies odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Rockies lead season series 1-0. St. Louis took 4 of 6 games in 2022.
St. Louis LHP Steven Matz allowed 6 ER on 9 H and 2 BB with 4 K in 5 2/3 IP in a 7-4 loss to the Rockies in the series opener Monday. The Cardinals have lost 2 straight and 6 of their last 7 games.
Colorado has won 2 contests in a row after dropping 6 of 7 games from April 1-8.
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Cardinals at Rockies projected starters
RHP Miles Mikolas vs. LHP Kyle Freeland
Mikolas (0-1, 9.64 ERA) makes his 3rd start of the year. He has a 2.14 WHIP, 1 BB and 12 K through 9 1/3 IP.
- Allowed 5 ER in each of his 2 starts
- Is 1-1 with a 13.50 ERA in 3 starts and 1 relief appearance at Coors Field in his career
Freeland (2-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his 3rd start. He has a 0.79 WHIP, 3 BB and 6 K through 12 2/3 IP.
- Pitched at least 6 innings in each of his 2 starts
- Is 0-3 with 4.88 ERA in 5 career starts vs. the Cardinals
Cardinals at Rockies odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:39 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Cardinals -175 (bet $175 to win $100) | Rockies +145 (bet $100 to win $145)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Cardinals -1.5 (-115) | Rockies +1.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 12 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Cardinals at Rockies picks and predictions
Prediction
Rockies 6, Cardinals 4
Moneyline
The Rockies, traditionally a good team at home even when they are a bad team overall, are 3-2 at Coors Field this season. The Cardinals are 1-3 on the road.
Freeland has been lights out so far, not having allowed a run yet this season, while Mikolas has allowed 5 ER in each of his 2 starts.
I like the home team to get the outright upset win.
BET ROCKIES (+145).
Run line/Against the spread
The Cardinals have lost 6 of their 7 both straight up and on the run line.
The Rockies snapped an 8-game run line losing skid with their win Monday.
However, you have to like the Rockies with Freeland on the mound and pitching as well as he has to start the season, but the value is better on the moneyline so PASS on the spread.
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Over/Under
The Cardinals’ last 7 games have all had 12 or fewer runs.
Freeland’s 2 starts have resulted in totals of 5 runs and 1 run and the Under is 4-0 in his last 4 starts against teams with a losing record.
BET UNDER 12 (-115).
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