The St. Louis Cardinals (69-71) host the Athletics (64-76) on Wednesday at Busch Stadium, beginning at 7:45 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are favored on the moneyline (-114), while the Athletics are -106 underdogs. The Athletics are the spread favorite (1.5) with +153 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. St. Louis has Matthew Liberatore set to start, while Sacramento will counter with Jeffrey Springs.

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Cardinals vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-114)
• Underdog: Athletics (-106)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 32 of the 63 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (50.8%).
• The Cardinals have gone 30-28 in games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -114 or shorter (51.7%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 53.3%.
• The Cardinals have played in 139 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 71 times (71-61-7).
• The Cardinals have a 71-68-0 record ATS this season (covering 51.1% of the time).

Cardinals hitting info

• Willson Contreras paces the Cardinals with 20 home runs and 74 runs batted in.
• Contreras ranks 62nd in homers and 44th in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• Masyn Winn is batting .254 with 27 doubles, nine home runs and 32 walks.
• Winn ranks 204th in home runs and 134th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Lars Nootbaar is batting .244 with 22 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 54 walks.
• Nootbaar heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .364 with a double and a triple.
• Ivan Herrera is batting .287 with 11 doubles, 13 home runs and 33 walks.
• Herrera enters this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .303 with a double, three home runs, five walks and six RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals pitching staff is 29th in the majors with a collective 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Cardinals have the 21st-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.27).
• The Cardinals have the 19th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.310).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (145 total, one per game).
• They knocked off the Athletics 2-1 in their last game with three strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have been underdogs in 106 games this season and won 48 (45.3%) of those contests.
• This season, the Athletics have won 43 of their 100 games, or 43%, when they’re the underdog by at least -106 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Athletics, based on the moneyline, is 51.5%.
• The Athletics and their opponents have hit the over in 69 of their 140 games with a total this season.
• The Athletics are 73-67-0 ATS in their 140 games with a spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker has been key for Sacramento with 27 home runs, 80 RBI and a batting average of .268 this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Rooker is 22nd in home runs and 23rd in RBI.
• Tyler Soderstrom is a key run producer for Sacramento with a .271 average, 23 homers and 81 RBI.
• Soderstrom ranks 42nd in homers and 22nd in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Soderstrom enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .200 with two doubles, a walk and four RBIs.
• Nick Kurtz has 104 hits this season and a slash line of .309/.403/.632.
• Shea Langeliers is slugging .537 this season, with a team-best 29 homers while driving in 65 runs.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the majors.
• Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.81 ERA this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• Athletics pitchers have a 1.367 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
• The Athletics have allowed the second-most home runs this season with 197, or 1.4 per game.
• The Athletics struck out five Cardinals hitters while allowing five base hits in a 2-1 loss last time out.