The Atlanta Braves (9-14) will look to Sean Murphy, who is riding a two-game home run streak, when they face the St. Louis Cardinals (10-14). The Braves are favored (-163) for this matchup against the Cardinals (+138), which starts at 12:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Truist Park. Atlanta’s Bryce Elder and St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Braves vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Braves (-163)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+138)
• Over/under: 9

Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Braves betting info

• The Braves are 8-8 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
• Atlanta has gone 3-2 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -163 or shorter (60% winning percentage).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Braves’ implied win probability is 62%.
• Atlanta has played in 23 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 11 times (11-9-3).
• The Braves are 9-14-0 against the spread this season.

Braves hitting info

• Marcell Ozuna leads the Braves with a team-best batting average of .317.
• Among hitters in MLB action, Ozuna ranks 45th in homers and 124th in RBI.
• Matt Olson has four doubles, four home runs and 17 walks while hitting .238.
• Olson ranks 45th in homers and 29th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Olson has hit safely in seven games in a row. During his last 10 games he is hitting .294 with a double, three home runs, seven walks and eight RBI.
• Ozhaino Jurdy Jiandro Albies has three doubles, four home runs and nine walks while hitting .233.
• Austin Riley’s six home runs and 16 runs batted in both lead his team.
• Riley heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .350 with a home run, two walks and four RBI.

Braves pitching rankings

• The Braves pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Atlanta has the 24th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.54).
• The Braves have the 21st-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.348).
• Braves pitchers combine to give up the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (30 total, 1.3 per game).
• Atlanta fell to the Cardinals 10-4 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing 12 hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been underdogs in 18 games this season and won eight (44.4%) of those contests.
• St. Louis has a record of 1-4 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +138 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 42% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• St. Louis’ games have gone over the total in 14 of its 24 chances.
• The Cardinals are 13-11-0 against the spread in their 24 chances this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis with a batting average of .356. He’s also hit three home runs with 13 RBI.
• Donovan ranks 81st in home runs and 48th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Lars Nootbaar leads St. Louis in home runs (four) and runs batted in (14) this season while batting .247.
• Nootbaar is 45th overall in homers and 39th in RBI this season.
• Nolan James Arenado is slashing .268/.375/.427 this season for the Cardinals.
• Victor Scott II has 22 hits and an OBP of .353 to go with a slugging percentage of .421 this season.
• Scott has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .375 with three doubles, a walk and three RBI.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals strike out just 7.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.37) in the majors this season.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.223 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Cardinals have given up the seventh-fewest long balls so far this season with only 21 home runs allowed.
• St. Louis earned a 10-4 win in its most recent game, striking out five Braves batters while allowing eight hits.