Two of baseball’s top sluggers square off when the Atlanta Braves (54-39) and the St. Louis Cardinals (49-44) meet at 7:15 p.m. ET on Saturday at Busch Stadium. Matt Olson has 25 homers (seventh in the majors) for the favored Braves (-166), and Jordan Walker ranks 10th in MLB play with 22 long balls this season for the Cardinals (+137). Reynaldo Lopez starts for Atlanta while St. Louis will counter with Matthew Liberatore.

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Braves vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Braves (-166)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+137)
• Over/under: 8

Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Braves betting info

• The Braves have gone 44-25 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 63.8% of those games).
• Atlanta has an 8-6 record (winning 57.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -166 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Braves have an implied win probability of 62.4%.
• Atlanta has played in 92 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 44 times (44-43-5).
• The Braves have a 49-43-0 record against the spread this season (covering 53.3% of the time).

Braves hitting info

• Olson leads the Braves in home runs (25) and runs batted in (58).
• Among hitters in MLB play, Olson ranks seventh in homers and 21st in RBI.
• Ozzie Albies is hitting .269 with 20 doubles, 14 home runs and 27 walks.
• Albies ranks 60th in home runs among batters in baseball and 42nd in RBI.
• Michael Harris II leads the Braves with a team-high batting average of .301.
• Mauricio Dubon is hitting .267 with 19 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 25 walks.

Braves pitching rankings

• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Braves pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB.
• Atlanta has a 3.61 team ERA that ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Braves have the eighth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.234).
• Braves pitchers combine to surrender 105 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (14th-fewest in the majors).
• Atlanta lost to the Cardinals 2-1 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• This season, the Cardinals have been the underdog 68 times and won 34, or 50%, of those games.
• St. Louis is 5-6 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +137 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 42.2%.
• Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 37 of 93 chances this season.
• The Cardinals are 55-38-0 ATS in their 93 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Walker leads St. Louis in batting average (.293), home runs (22) and runs batted in (74) this season.
• Among all batters in the majors, Walker’s home run total is 10th, and his RBI total is first.
• Walker heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .350 with a double, two home runs and seven RBIs.
• Alec Burleson is batting .276 with an OBP of .338 and a slugging percentage of .472 this season.
• Burleson ranks 46th in home runs and fifth in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• JJ Wetherholt has collected 91 base hits, an OBP of .363 and a slugging percentage of .408 this season.
• Ivan Herrera has 85 hits and an OBP of .386 to go with a slugging percentage of .396 this season.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 13th-ranked ERA (4.16) in the majors this season.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.331 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• With just 93 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank third in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, St. Louis defeated the Braves, 2-1, with seven strikeouts and three hits allowed.