On Sunday, the St. Louis Cardinals (10-9) are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks (10-12), at 2:15 PM ET, in the final game of a four-game set.
The Cardinals are favored (-186 moneyline odds to win) when they take on the Diamondbacks (+159). The Cardinals will start Jordan Hicks (1-2) versus the Diamondbacks and Zach Davies (1-1).
The Diamondbacks took down the Cardinals 2-0 yesterday, with Merrill Kelly getting the win (7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 K) and Nick Ahmed leading the way offensively (going 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI). Miles Mikolas (7.1 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 7 K) took the loss for the Cardinals.
Here’s what you need to prepare for Sunday’s Cardinals vs. Diamondbacks contest.
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Odds and Betting Lines
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- Favorite: Cardinals (-186, bet $186 to win $100)
- Underdog: Diamondbacks (+159, bet $100 to win $159)
- Over/under: 7.5
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Cardinals Stats and Trends
Cardinals Betting Records
- This season, the Cardinals have been favored 10 times and won six of those games.
- St. Louis has played as a favorite of -186 or more twice this season and lost both games.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 65% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
- So far this season, St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in eight of their 19 games with a total.
- In 19 games with a spread this season, the Cardinals are 10-9-0 ATS.
Jordan Hicks (Cardinals Probable Starter)
- The Cardinals’ Hicks will make his third start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Tuesday against the New York Mets, throwing 2 2/3 innings and giving up two earned runs.
- He has an ERA of 3.00, a 1.5 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.222 in four games this season.
- The Diamondbacks rank 25th in MLB with 68 runs scored this season. They have a .181 batting average this campaign with 20 home runs (12th in the league).
Cardinals Batting Stats
- The Cardinals rank 23rd in Major League Baseball with 14 home runs.
- Fueled by 39 extra-base hits, the Cardinals rank 24th in MLB with a .335 slugging percentage this season.
- St. Louis’ .226 batting average ranks 20th in the league this season.
- The Cardinals have scored 72 runs (3.8 per game) this season, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- St. Louis has an on-base percentage of .303 this season, which ranks 17th in the league.
- The Cardinals have shown patience at the plate this season with the second-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.5) among MLB offenses.
Diamondbacks Stats and Trends
Diamondbacks Betting Records
- The Diamondbacks have come away with 12 wins in the 24 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- Arizona has a mark of 4-3 in contests where oddsmakers favor them by +159 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Diamondbacks have an implied victory probability of 38.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Arizona and its opponents have gone over the total this season in six of their 24 opportunities.
- The Diamondbacks have posted a record of 15-9-0 against the spread this season.
Zach Davies (Diamondbacks Probable Starter)
- Davies (1-1) gets the starting nod for the Diamondbacks in his fifth start of the season. He has a 5.40 ERA in 18 1/3 innings pitched, with 14 strikeouts.
- In his last time out on Wednesday, the right-hander threw 4 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving up three earned runs while surrendering four hits.
- The 29-year-old has put up an ERA of 5.40, with 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings in four games this season. Opponents have a .258 batting average against him.
- Davies has put up two starts this year that he pitched five or more innings.
- He will match up with a Cardinals offense that is hitting .226 as a unit (20th in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .335 (24th in the league) with 14 total home runs (23rd in MLB play).
Diamondbacks Batting Stats
- The Diamondbacks rank 12th in MLB action with 20 home runs. They average 0.9 per game.
- So far this season, the Diamondbacks have the fifth-lowest slugging percentage in baseball (.313).
- Arizona is last in the league with a .181 batting average.
- The offense for the Diamondbacks is the No. 25 offense in MLB play scoring 3.1 runs per game (68 total runs).
- Arizona is 28th in the league with a .273 on-base percentage.
- Diamondbacks hitters strike out nine times per game, the 29th-most in baseball.
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