The Chicago White Sox (23-49) bring a five-game losing streak into a contest against the St. Louis Cardinals (37-35) on Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are favored (-158) to give the underdog White Sox (+134) another loss. St. Louis’ Matthew Liberatore starts against Chicago’s Shane Smith.

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Cardinals vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-158)
• Underdog: White Sox (+134)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 48.4% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (15-16).
• St. Louis has gone 2-1 (winning 66.7% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -158 or shorter.
• The Cardinals have an implied moneyline win probability of 61.2% in this matchup.
• In the 72 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 38 times (38-32-2).
• The Cardinals have collected a 40-32-0 record against the spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan leads the Cardinals with a .313 batting average.
• Among all hitters in MLB action, Donovan’s home run total ranks 201st and his RBI tally ranks 125th.
• Nolan Arenado is batting .243 with 11 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 21 walks.
• Arenado ranks 94th in homers and 55th in RBI this season.
• Arenado heads into this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .333 with a double, a home run, a walk and five RBIs.
• Willson Contreras has put up a team-best nine home runs and 45 runs batted in.
• Lars Nootbaar is batting .226 with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 39 walks.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 7.3 K/9, the second-worst in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 19th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.00).
• The Cardinals average baseball’s 16th-ranked WHIP (1.282).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to give up 59 home runs (0.8 per game), the third-fewest in MLB.
• St. Louis struck out 10 Brewers batters while giving up nine hits in a 3-2 loss in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have won 23, or 31.9%, of the 72 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Chicago has a record of 19-40 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +134 on the moneyline.
• The White Sox have a 42.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Chicago have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 32 of 72 chances this season.
• The White Sox are 42-30-0 against the spread in their 72 chances this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas leads Chicago in home runs with 10, runs batted in with 31 and his batting average of .242 is also best on his team.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Vargas’ home run total is 57th, and his RBI total is 86th.
• Vargas has hit safely in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .350 with three doubles, a triple, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Chase Meidroth has 50 hits and an OBP of .365 to go with a slugging percentage of .345 this season.
• Among all MLB hitters, Meidroth is 266th in homers and 306th in RBI.
• Meidroth has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .200 with .
• Andrew Benintendi is slashing .235/.302/.414 this season for the White Sox.
• Luis Robert is batting .194 with an OBP of .279 and a slugging percentage of .311 this season.
• Robert has safely hit in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .368 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox have a 7.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
• Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.14 ERA this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• White Sox pitchers have a 1.401 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
• The White Sox have allowed the 15th-fewest home runs this season with 75, or 1.0 per game.
• Chicago pitchers struck out four Rangers hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 2-1 loss its last time out.