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The St. Louis Cardinals (42-39) are -128 favorites for their Saturday matchup with the Cincinnati Reds (38-44). Sonny Gray gets the ball for the Cardinals and will look to earn his 10th win of the campaign.
Gray gets the starting nod for St. Louis while Carson Spiers is Cincinnati’s starter for the contest.
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The Cardinals have a 21-18 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 53.8% of those games).
When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -128 or shorter, St. Louis has a 13-13 record (winning 50% of its games).
The Reds have entered the game as underdogs 46 times this season and won 18, or 39.1%, of those games.
Cincinnati has a record of 11-20, a 35.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +109 or more by oddsmakers this season.
In the 80 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for the Cardinals, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 35 times (35-42-3).
The Reds and their opponents have hit the over in 35 of their 82 games with a total this season.
Cardinals Stats & Insights
The Cardinals are the fourth-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging four runs per game (322 total).
St. Louis averages one home run per game to rank 22nd in MLB action with 78 total home runs.
The Cardinals’ .239 batting average ranks 17th in MLB.
St. Louis’ 8.4 strikeouts per game rank 17th in baseball.
The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
St. Louis’ 3.95 team ERA ranks 13th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Reds Stats & Insights
The Reds have scored 349 runs (4.3 per game) this season, which ranks 16th in MLB.
Cincinnati’s 79 home runs rank 19th in Major League Baseball.
The Reds have a team batting average of .229 this season, which ranks 24th among MLB teams.
Cincinnati ranks 23rd in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.9 Ks per contest.
The Reds strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
Cincinnati pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 ERA this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
Cardinals Key Players to Watch
Gray will look to claim his 10th win when he makes the start for the Cardinals, his 15th of the season. He is 9-4 with a 2.81 ERA and 103 strikeouts in 83 1/3 innings pitched.
Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in runs batted in with 41 and has a batting average of .269.
Alec Burleson has 72 hits and an OBP of .315 to go with a slugging percentage of .467 this season.
Nolan Arenado has collected 73 base hits, an OBP of .310 and a slugging percentage of .374 this season.
Masyn Winn leads St. Louis with a .288 batting average. He’s also hit four homers and has 27 RBI.
Reds Key Players to Watch
The Reds will send Spiers to the mound for his third start of the season.
Elly De La Cruz has collected a team-high 14 home runs.
Spencer Steer’s 51 runs batted in pace his team.
Jonathan India leads the Reds with a team-high batting average of .276.
Jeimer Candelario has hit 14 home runs to pace his team.
Cardinals and Reds Injuries
Cardinals: Iván Herrera: 10 Day IL (Back), Lars Nootbaar: 10 Day IL (Oblique), Nick Robertson: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Riley O’Brien: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Drew Rom: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Steven Matz: 60 Day IL (Back), Tommy Edman: 60 Day IL (Wrist), Keynan Middleton: 60 Day IL (Forearm)
Reds: TJ Friedl: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Nick Lodolo: 15 Day IL (Finger), Christian Encarnacion-Strand: 60 Day IL (Hand), Ian Gibaut: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Tejay Antone: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Brandon Williamson: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Emilio Pagán: 60 Day IL (Lat), Matt McLain: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jeimer Candelario: day-to-day (Hamstring)
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