Sportsbooks give the Pittsburgh Pirates (12-24) the edge, -130 on the moneyline, to halt their five-game losing streak when they face the St. Louis Cardinals (17-19), at +109, on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. ET. Paul Skenes starts for Pittsburgh, and Matthew Liberatore is St. Louis’ pick to start.

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Pirates vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Pirates (-130)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+109)
• Over/under: 7

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have been the moneyline favorite 14 total times this season. They’ve gone 5-9 in those games.
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -130 or shorter, Pittsburgh has a 3-3 record (winning 50% of its games).
• The Pirates have a 56.5% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 36 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Pittsburgh, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 17 times (17-18-1).
• The Pirates have a 12-24-0 record ATS this season (covering only 33.3% of the time).

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz has racked up a team-high eight home runs.
• Cruz’s home runs rank 20th in MLB and he ranks 53rd in RBI in MLB.
• Bryan Reynolds has been productive as he paces his team with 19 runs batted in.
• Reynolds ranks 59th in home runs and 43rd in RBI among hitters in MLB.
• Andrew McCutchen paces the Pirates with a team-best batting average of .253.
• Enmanuel Valdez is batting .221 with four doubles, two triples, two home runs and 11 walks.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Pirates pitching staff ranks 26th in MLB.
• Pittsburgh’s 4.33 team ERA ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Pirates combine for the 15th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.273).
• Pirates pitchers combine to give up 36 total home runs at a clip of one per game (14th-fewest in baseball).
• Pittsburgh fell to the Cardinals 6-3 in its last game with five strikeouts while allowing 11 hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 12, or 48%, of the 25 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, St. Louis has won five of its 13 games, or 38.5%, when it’s the underdog by at least +109 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 47.8% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• So far this season, St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 21 of its 36 games with a total.
• The Cardinals have an ATS record of 18-18-0 in 36 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Lars Nootbaar leads St. Louis in home runs this season with five while driving in 18 runs.
• In all of MLB, Nootbaar is 59th in home runs and 53rd in RBI.
• Brendan Donovan is a key run producer for St. Louis with a .336 average, three homers and 19 RBI.
• Donovan is 130th in home runs and 43rd in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Donovan has hit safely in six games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .263 with three doubles, five walks and five RBI.
• Nolan Arenado has 32 hits this season and a slash line of .256/.345/.400.
• Arenado has hit safely in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with two walks and an RBI.
• Victor Scott II has collected 31 hits this season and has an OBP of .352. He’s slugging .413 on the year.
• Scott enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .273 with a double, a home run, four walks and five RBI.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals strike out just seven batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.29) in the majors this season.
• The Cardinals rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.297 WHIP this season.
• The Cardinals have allowed the fifth-fewest home runs this season at just 29, or 0.8 per game.
• St. Louis earned a 6-3 win in its most recent game, striking out five Pirates batters while allowing seven hits.