The St. Louis Cardinals (9-14) and San Francisco Giants (9-13) play the 2nd contest of a 4-game series Tuesday. First pitch from Oracle Park is set for 9:45 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Cardinals vs. Giants odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: San Francisco leads 1-0
San Francisco won 4-0 as -109 home favorites Monday. The 7th inning was big for the Giants as they scored all 4 runs in that inning — 1 run on a sacrifice fly by LF Mitch Haniger and 3 runs on a 3B J.D. Davis HR.
Pitching struggles have continued to plague St. Louis to start the season, as they are tied for 2nd-to-last in the league in quality starts with 4. They also rank 21st in the league in ERA (4.48). St. Louis has now lost 3 of their last 5.
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Cardinals at Giants projected starters
RHP Jake Woodford vs. RHP John Brebbia
Woodford (1-2, 6.05 ERA) makes his 5th start. He has a 1.71 WHIP, 2.8 BB/9 and 5.6 K/9 in 19 1/3 IP.
- Faced San Francisco 2 times within 1 week last year, combining for 4 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, and 3 K in those 2 relief appearances
- Was 2-0 with a 3.29 ERA, 27 1/3 IP, 29 H, 10 ER, 6 BB, and 13 K over 14 road appearances (1 start) last year
Brebbia (1-0, 5.63 ERA) makes his 1st start. He has a 1.00 WHIP, 2.3 BB/9 and 13.5 K/9 in 8 IP.
- Faced St. Louis in 4 relief appearances within 2 weeks last year, combining for 4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, and 5 K
- Was 3-2 with a 4.15 ERA, 34 2/3 IP, 41 H, 16 ER, 11 BB, and 28 K in 40 home appearances (4 starts) last season
Cardinals at Giants odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 10:57 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Cardinals -110 (bet $110 to win $100) | Giants -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Cardinals -1.5 (+145) | Giants +1.5 (-175)
- Over/Under (O/U): 9 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Cardinals at Giants picks and predictions
Prediction
Cardinals 4, Giants 2
Moneyline
LEAN CARDINALS (-110).
The Cardinals were shut out Monday and I don’t see that happening in this game. It is hard to keep a team like St. Louis, which makes contact so often, to low-scoring games. The defense and pitching has been questionable for St. Louis so far, but this matchup is so evenly matched they should be able to take this game.
Run line/Against the spread
AVOID.
The Giants at +1.5 (-175) might cover the run line here even as the home underdog, but the risk is not worth the reward for that bet especially since there is no clear favorite.
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Over/Under
BET UNDER 9 (-115).
For San Francisco the Under is 6-0 in their last 6 when facing the NL Central and they hit on the Under in Monday’s matchup as well. For St. Louis the Under is 5-1 in their last 6 after scoring 2 or less runs in their previous outing and the Under is 6-1 in their last 7 vs. a starter with a WHIP of less than 1.15.
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