The Atlanta Braves (50-34) host the St. Louis Cardinals (44-39) on Thursday at Truist Park, beginning at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Braves are favored on the moneyline (-116), while the Cardinals are -106 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +151 odds. Atlanta has Hurston Waldrep set to start, and St. Louis will counter with Dustin May.

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Braves vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Braves (-116)
• Underdog: Cardinals (-106)
• Over/under: 9

Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Braves betting info

• The Braves have been the moneyline favorite 63 total times this season. They’ve gone 41-22 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -116 or shorter, Atlanta has a 36-21 record (winning 63.2% of its games).
• The Braves have an implied moneyline win probability of 53.7% in this contest.
• In the 83 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Atlanta, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 38 times (38-40-5).
• The Braves have collected a 44-39-0 record ATS this season (covering 53% of the time).

Braves hitting info

• Matt Olson paces the Braves with 20 home runs and 52 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Olson’s home run total ranks ninth and his RBI tally ranks 27th.
• Ozzie Albies is batting .276 with 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 24 walks.
• Albies ranks 59th in home runs among batters in MLB play and 38th in RBI.
• Albies has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with a double, a home run and six RBIs.
• Mauricio Dubon is batting .265 with 17 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 21 walks.
• Michael Harris II’s .293 batting average paces his team.

Braves pitching rankings

• The Braves pitching staff is 12th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Atlanta has the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.41).
• Braves pitchers combine for the No. 6 WHIP in MLB (1.201).
• The Braves allow the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (88 total, 1.0 per game).
• Atlanta struck out 11 Cardinals batters while allowing two hits in a 5-1 win in its last game.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• This season, the Cardinals have been the underdog 59 times and won 29, or 49.2%, of those games.
• St. Louis has a record of 27-25 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least -106 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 51.5%.
• St. Louis’ games have gone over the total in 32 of its 83 chances.
• The Cardinals have an ATS record of 48-35-0 in 83 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Alec Burleson is batting .275 with 13 home runs and 57 RBI for St. Louis this season.
• In all of MLB, Burleson ranks 59th in homers and 11th in RBI.
• Jordan Walker is batting .288 with 18 home runs and 59 RBI, all three of which lead St. Louis this season.
• Walker is 21st overall in home runs and fifth in RBI this year.
• Ivan Herrera has 76 hits this season and a slash line of .252/.390/.404.
• JJ Wetherholt has 80 hits and an OBP of .357 to go with a slugging percentage of .401 this season.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals have a 7.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• St. Louis has the 17th-ranked ERA (4.24) in the majors this season.
• Cardinals pitchers have a 1.346 WHIP this season, 20th in the majors.
• The Cardinals have given up the 10th-fewest long balls so far this season with only 90 home runs allowed.
• St. Louis pitchers struck out five Braves hitters while allowing six base hits in a 5-1 loss its last time out.