The St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) are looking for another big outing from a slugger when they match up against the Boston Red Sox (4-4) on Sunday at 7:10 p.m. ET at Fenway Park. Ivan Herrera is currently on a two-game home run streak for the underdog Cardinals (-101) going into this contest against the favored Red Sox (-119). Hunter Dobbins starts for Boston while St. Louis will counter with Miles Mikolas.
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Red Sox to win vs Cardinals -119
Red Sox vs. Cardinals betting lines
- Favorite: Red Sox (-119)
- Underdog: Cardinals (-101)
- Over/under: 9
Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Red Sox betting info
- The Red Sox have been favored on the moneyline four total times this season. They’ve gone 3-1 in those games.
- Boston has played as moneyline favorites of -119 or shorter in only two games this season, which it won both.
- The Red Sox have a 54.3% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- Boston has had an over/under set by oddsmakers eight times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in three of those games (3-5-0).
- The Red Sox have covered 62.5% of their games this season, going 5-3-0 against the spread.
Red Sox hitting info
- Wilyer Abreu has racked up a team-best batting average of .500, and paces the Red Sox in home runs (three) and runs batted in (eight).
- In MLB play, Abreu ranks 14th in homers and 14th in RBI.
- Abreu has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .385 with a double, a home run, five walks and three RBI.
- Kristian Campbell is batting .423 with four doubles, two home runs and six walks.
- Campbell ranks 37th in homers and 57th in RBI this season.
- Campbell takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .375 with three doubles, a home run, four walks and four RBI.
- Alex Bregman is batting .314 with three doubles, a home run and two walks.
- Bregman brings a seven-game hitting streak into this game. During his last eight games he is hitting .314 with three doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBI.
- Trevor Story is batting .250 with two home runs and a walk.
Red Sox pitching rankings
- The 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 25th in the majors.
- Boston has the 14th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.24).
- The Red Sox have the 15th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.250).
- Red Sox pitchers combine to give up eight home runs (one per game), the eighth-fewest in MLB.
- In its 13-9 win last time out, Boston struck out nine Cardinals batters while allowing 13 hits.
Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cardinals betting info
- The Cardinals have been underdogs in four games this season and won three (75%) of those contests.
- St. Louis has not been a bigger underdog this season than the -101 moneyline set for this game.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cardinals have a 50.2% chance to win.
- St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in six of its seven games with a total this season.
- The Cardinals are 4-3-0 ATS in their seven games with a spread this season.
Cardinals hitting info
- Herrera leads St. Louis in home runs (four) and runs batted in (11) this season while batting .400.
- Herrera’s home run total ranks fourth in the big leagues, and he is fourth in RBI.
- Lars Nootbaar leads St. Louis in batting with a .414 average while slugging two homers and driving in six runs.
- Nootbaar ranks 37th overall in home runs and 38th in RBI this year.
- Nootbaar has safely hit in four games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .364 with a double, a home run, four walks and two RBI.
- Nolan Arenado has collected 10 base hits, an OBP of .455 and a slugging percentage of .571 this season.
- Arenado brings a seven-game hitting streak into this game. During his last seven outings he is batting .357 with three doubles, a home run, five walks and six RBI.
- Victor Scott II is batting .308 with an OBP of .367 and a slugging percentage of .462 this season.
Cardinals pitching rankings
- The Cardinals strike out just 6.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- St. Louis has the 24th-ranked ERA (4.85) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of just 1.123 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
- The Cardinals have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only six home runs allowed.
- Last time out, St. Louis fell to the Red Sox 13-9. Its pitchers compiled three strikeouts and 16 hits allowed.
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