The St. Louis Cardinals (42-34) host the Arizona Diamondbacks (39-39) on Tuesday at Busch Stadium, beginning at 7:45 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are favored on the moneyline (-113), while the Diamondbacks are -109 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +157 odds. Kyle Leahy takes the mound first for St. Louis, and Eduardo Rodriguez is Arizona’s choice to start.

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Cardinals vs. Diamondbacks betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-113)
• Underdog: Diamondbacks (-109)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been favored on the moneyline 20 total times this season. They’ve gone 14-6 in those games.
• St. Louis has gone 12-5 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -113 or shorter (70.6% winning percentage).
• The Cardinals have a 53.1% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• St. Louis has played in 76 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 31 times (31-38-7).
• The Cardinals have collected a 46-30-0 record against the spread this season (covering 60.5% of the time).

Cardinals hitting info

• Alec Burleson has put up a team-best batting average of .288.
• Burleson’s home runs rank 41st in MLB and he ranks fifth in RBI in MLB.
• Burleson enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with a double, a triple, three walks and four RBIs.
• Jordan Walker’s 18 home runs and 58 runs batted in both pace his team.
• Walker ranks 12th in homers and second in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Ivan Herrera has 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 46 walks while hitting .266.
• Herrera heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .353 with a home run, four walks and four RBIs.
• JJ Wetherholt is batting .271 with eight doubles, 12 home runs and 35 walks.
• Wetherholt has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .429 with a double, two home runs, two walks and three RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals pitching staff is 28th in the majors with a collective 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• St. Louis has a 4.27 team ERA that ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals have the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.341).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to surrender the 15th-fewest home runs in baseball (87 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 3-2 win last time out, St. Louis struck out two Diamondbacks batters while allowing eight hits.

Diamondbacks betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Diamondbacks betting info

• The Diamondbacks have been underdogs in 41 games this season and won 16 (39%) of those contests.
• Arizona has a record of 15-25, a 37.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -109 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Diamondbacks have a 52.2% chance to win.
• So far this season, Arizona and its opponents have hit the over in 34 of its 78 games with a total.
• The Diamondbacks are 44-34-0 against the spread this season.

Diamondbacks hitting info

• Corbin Carroll leads Arizona in homers with 13 while also maintaining a team-best .284 batting average.
• Carroll is 41st in homers and 36th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Ketel Marte leads Arizona in runs batted in with 46 while batting .263 with 12 homers.
• Marte is 50th in homers and 24th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Marte takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .389 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.
• Geraldo Perdomo has collected 61 base hits, an OBP of .354 and a slugging percentage of .346 this season.
• Ildemaro Vargas has 63 hits and an OBP of .304 to go with a slugging percentage of .407 this season.

Diamondbacks pitching rankings

• The Diamondbacks average just 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, worst in the big leagues.
• Arizona has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.30) in the majors this season.
• The Diamondbacks have a combined WHIP of 1.301 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
• With 93 homers allowed, the Diamondbacks rank 23rd in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Arizona fell to the Cardinals 3-2. Its pitchers compiled four strikeouts and seven hits allowed.