Ivan Herrera leads the St. Louis Cardinals (4-2) into a contest against the Boston Red Sox (2-4) a game after he racked up three homers in a 12-5 win over the Angels. The Red Sox are favored on the moneyline (-153) against the Cardinals (+130) in this outing, which begins at 2:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Boston has Walker Buehler starting things off, while St. Louis will send out Erick Fedde.

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Red Sox vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-153)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+130)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won two of the three games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (66.7%).
• Boston has not played a game with moneyline odds of -153 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Red Sox’s implied win probability is 60.5%.
• Boston has played in six games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total one time (1-5-0).
• The Red Sox have covered 50% of their games this season, going 3-3-0 ATS.

Red Sox hitting info

• Wilyer Abreu has racked up a team-best batting average of .500, and leads the Red Sox in home runs (two) and runs batted in (six).
• Abreu’s home runs rank 20th in MLB and he ranks 22nd in RBI in MLB.
• Kristian Campbell has four doubles, a home run and four walks while batting .400.
• Among all MLB hitters, Campbell ranks 53rd in home runs and 121st in RBI.
• Jarren Duran is batting .231 with a double, a triple and a walk.
• Trevor Story is batting .263 with a home run and a walk.
• Story has safely hit in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with a home run, a walk and an RBI.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 6.5 K/9, the third-worst in MLB.
• Boston has a 3.78 team ERA that ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 13th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.180).
• The Red Sox give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (five total, 0.8 per game).
• In its 3-0 win last time out, Boston struck out nine Orioles batters while allowing four hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been listed as the underdog three times this season, yet they have won all of those games.
• St. Louis has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +130 odds on it winning this game.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 43.5%.
• So far this season, St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in five of its six games with a total.
• The Cardinals are 4-2-0 against the spread in their six chances this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Lars Nootbaar leads St. Louis with a .417 batting average.
• Nootbaar is 20th in homers and 33rd in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Nootbaar has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .400 with a home run, five walks and three RBI.
• Herrera leads St. Louis in home runs (three) and runs batted in (eight) this season while batting .467.
• Herrera currently is eighth in homers and seventh in RBI in the major leagues.
• Nolan Arenado has nine hits this season and a slash line of .391/.500/.609.
• Arenado has safely hit in six straight games. In his last six outings he is batting .391 with two doubles, a home run, five walks and six RBI.
• Victor Scott II is batting .348 with an OBP of .385 and a slugging percentage of .522 this season.
• Scott heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with a double, a home run, two walks and five RBI.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals have a 7.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the big leagues.
• St. Louis has the 13th-ranked ERA (3.47) in the majors this season.
• The Cardinals have a combined .860 WHIP as a pitching staff, first-lowest in MLB.
• The Cardinals have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just four, or 0.7 per game.
• St. Louis pitchers struck out 11 Angels batters while allowing six hits in a 12-5 win last time out.