The St. Louis Cardinals (39-31) and the San Diego Padres (37-34) play on Tuesday at Busch Stadium, starting at 7:45 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are moneyline favorites (-116), while the Padres are -105 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +157 odds. Andre Pallante starts for St. Louis, and Michael King is San Diego’s pick to start.

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Cardinals vs. Padres betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-116)
• Underdog: Padres (-105)
• Over/under: 8

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 73.3% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (11-4).
• St. Louis has gone 7-1 (winning 87.5% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -116 or shorter.
• The Cardinals have an implied moneyline win probability of 53.7% in this contest.
• In the 70 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 28 times (28-35-7).
• The Cardinals have covered 62.9% of their games this season, going 44-26-0 against the spread.

Cardinals hitting info

• Jordan Walker paces the Cardinals in home runs (18), runs batted in (56) and has accumulated a team-high batting average of .297.
• In MLB, Walker ranks ninth in homers and second in RBI.
• Alec Burleson is hitting .287 with 18 doubles, 13 home runs and 26 walks.
• Among all MLB batters, Burleson ranks 35th in homers and sixth in RBI.
• Burleson heads into this game on a 15-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .286 with three doubles, six home runs, four walks and 10 RBIs.
• Ivan Herrera has 13 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 42 walks while batting .264.
• JJ Wetherholt is batting .251 with seven doubles, 10 home runs and 32 walks.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals pitching staff ranks 26th in the majors with a collective 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• St. Louis’ 4.09 team ERA ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals have the 20th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.330).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to surrender 77 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (15th-fewest in the majors).
• St. Louis struck out six Twins batters while allowing 13 hits in a 5-4 loss in its last game.

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have won 18, or 48.6%, of the 37 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, San Diego has won 17 of its 35 games, or 48.6%, when it’s the underdog by at least -105 on the moneyline.
• The Padres have a 51.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• San Diego and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 31 of its 71 opportunities.
• In 71 games with a spread this season, the Padres are 38-33-0 ATS.

Padres hitting info

• Fernando Tatis Jr. leads San Diego in batting average (.279) this season.
• Among all batters in MLB, Tatis’ home run total is 297th, and his RBI total is 168th.
• Gavin Sheets has 47 hits and an OBP of .318 to go with a slugging percentage of .451 this season.
• Among all major league hitters, Sheets ranks 52nd in home runs and 107th in RBI.
• Manny Machado leads the club in homers (12) and runs batted in (35) this season.
• Xander Bogaerts has collected 53 hits this season and has an OBP of .306. He’s slugging .345 on the year.

Padres pitching rankings

• The Padres average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
• San Diego has the eighth-best ERA (3.90) in the majors this season.
• The Padres have a combined WHIP of 1.290 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
• The Padres have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 71, or 1.0 per game.
• Last time out, San Diego defeated the Orioles, 5-2, with 10 strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.