Cardinals vs. Pirates Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 26, 2025

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The St. Louis Cardinals (65-67) face the Pittsburgh Pirates (57-75) a game after Alec Burleson had a four-hit outing in a 7-6 win over the Pirates. The Cardinals are favored (-131) in this matchup with the Pirates (+110), which begins at 7:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Andre Pallante gets the starting nod for St. Louis, and Mitch Keller is Pittsburgh’s choice to start.

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Cardinals to win vs Pirates -131

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Cardinals vs. Pirates betting lines

  • Favorite: Cardinals (-131)
  • Underdog: Pirates (+110)
  • Over/under: 8

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

  • The Cardinals have won 52.5% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (31-28).
  • St. Louis has gone 19-14 (winning 57.6% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -131 or shorter.
  • Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 56.7%.
  • In the 131 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 67 times (67-57-7).
  • The Cardinals have collected a 67-64-0 record against the spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

  • Burleson paces the Cardinals with a team-high batting average of .291.
  • Burleson ranks 89th in home runs and 75th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
  • Burleson takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .348 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs.
  • Willson Contreras has hit 19 home runs with 72 runs batted in. Both are team-highs.
  • Contreras ranks 59th in home runs among batters in MLB action and 39th in RBI.
  • Masyn Winn has 26 doubles, nine home runs and 31 walks while hitting .258.
  • Lars Nootbaar is batting .236 with 20 doubles, 13 home runs and 51 walks.

Cardinals pitching rankings

  • The Cardinals pitching staff is 29th in MLB with a collective 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • St. Louis’ 4.31 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 20th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.307).
  • Cardinals pitchers combine to give up the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (134 total, one per game).
  • In its 7-6 win last time out, St. Louis struck out 10 Pirates batters while allowing nine hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

  • The Pirates have been underdogs in 90 games this season and won 36 (40%) of those contests.
  • Pittsburgh is 27-46 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +110 or more on the moneyline.
  • The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 47.6% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
  • So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 55 of its 131 games with a total.
  • In 131 games with a spread this season, the Pirates are 70-61-0 ATS.

Pirates hitting info

  • Bryan Reynolds is batting .246 for Pittsburgh with a team-high 65 RBI.
  • In all of MLB, Reynolds ranks 115th in homers and 55th in RBI.
  • Andrew McCutchen has collected 95 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .380 on the year.
  • McCutchen ranks 142nd in homers and 142nd in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
  • Isiah Kiner-Falefa leads Pittsburgh with a .264 batting average.
  • Spencer Horwitz has 72 hits and an OBP of .329 to go with a slugging percentage of .398 this season.

Pirates pitching rankings

  • The Pirates have an eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
  • Pittsburgh has pitched to a 3.96 ERA this season, which ranks 13th in baseball.
  • The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.223 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
  • With just 127 homers allowed, the Pirates rank third in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Last time out, Pittsburgh fell to the Cardinals 7-6. Its pitchers compiled 11 strikeouts and 11 hits allowed.
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