Isaac Paredes rides a two-game home run streak into the Houston Astros’ (6-8) matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals (6-8). The Astros are favored (-119) for this outing against the Cardinals (+100), which begins at 7:45 p.m. ET on Monday at Busch Stadium. Houston has Framber Valdez starting things off, and St. Louis counters with Sonny Gray.

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Astros vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-119)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+100)
• Over/under: 7.5

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have a 3-5 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 37.5% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -119 or shorter, Houston has a 2-4 record (winning just 33.3% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Astros’ implied win probability is 54.3%.
• Houston has played in 14 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total five times (5-7-2).
• The Astros have a 6-8-0 record ATS this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve has put up a team-high batting average of .317, while leading the Astros in home runs (three).
• Altuve’s home runs rank 37th in MLB and he ranks 103rd in RBI in MLB.
• Paredes is batting .278 with a double, two home runs and eight walks.
• Paredes ranks 67th in home runs among hitters in MLB and 103rd in RBI.
• Paredes has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two home runs, three walks and two RBI.
• Jeremy Pena has a double, two home runs and five walks while hitting .200.
• Pena brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with a double, three walks and an RBI.
• Yordan Alvarez’s nine runs batted in pace his team.
• Alvarez has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with a double, six walks and two RBI.

Astros pitching rankings

• The 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff leads the majors.
• Houston has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.75).
• The Astros have the second-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.069).
• Astros pitchers combine to surrender 12 home runs (0.9 per game), the seventh-fewest in baseball.
• Houston struck out 10 Angels batters while giving up eight hits in a 4-1 loss in its last game.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• This season, the Cardinals have won five out of the nine games in which they’ve been the underdog.
• This season, St. Louis has won one of its three games when it’s the underdog by at least +100 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 50%.
• Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in nine of 14 chances this season.
• The Cardinals are 7-7-0 ATS in their 14 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in batting average (.357) this season.
• Donovan’s home run total ranks 67th in the majors, and he is 29th in RBI.
• Donovan has hit safely in eight games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is batting .375 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and seven RBI.
• Lars Nootbaar has 15 hits and an OBP of .409 to go with a slugging percentage of .407 this season.
• Nootbaar currently ranks 67th in home runs and 103rd in RBI in the major leagues.
• Nootbaar has safely hit in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .150 with five walks.
• Nolan Arenado has collected 13 base hits, an OBP of .379 and a slugging percentage of .388 this season.
• Victor Scott II has collected 13 hits this season and has an OBP of .327. He’s slugging .408 on the year.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals have a 7.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• St. Louis has the 28th-ranked ERA (4.81) in the majors this season.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.254 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Cardinals have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only 10 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, St. Louis fell to the Phillies 4-1. Its pitchers compiled 10 strikeouts and eight hits allowed.