The St. Louis Cardinals (50-45) host the Atlanta Braves (41-52) on Saturday at Busch Stadium, beginning at 2:15 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are favored on the moneyline (-117), while the Braves are -103 underdogs. The Braves are favored against the spread (1.5) with +158 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. St. Louis has Erick Fedde projected to start, while Atlanta has not named a starting pitcher.

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Cardinals vs. Braves betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-117)
• Underdog: Braves (-103)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 55.8% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (24-19).
• St. Louis has a 20-13 record (winning 60.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -117 or shorter.
• The Cardinals have a 53.9% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 94 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 49 times (49-41-4).
• The Cardinals have a 53-41-0 record against the spread this season (covering 56.4% of the time).

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan has racked up a team-best batting average of .295.
• Among all batters in MLB, Donovan’s home run total ranks 149th and his RBI tally ranks 124th.
• Donovan has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Nolan Arenado has 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 25 walks while hitting .246.
• Arenado currently ranks 117th in homers and 84th in RBI in the bigs.
• Arenado heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .188 with a walk and an RBI.
• Alec Burleson is batting .292 with 17 doubles, 11 home runs and 20 walks.
• Burleson heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with three doubles, two walks and five RBIs.
• Willson Contreras has shown his power as he paces his team with 12 home runs and 53 runs batted in.
• Contreras brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is batting .314 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 7.3 K/9, the second-worst in the majors.
• St. Louis has a 4.09 team ERA that ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.269).
• The Cardinals surrender the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (89 total, 0.9 per game).
• St. Louis its 6-5 loss the last time out, the team struck out nine Braves batters while allowing 12 hits.

Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Braves betting info

• This season, the Braves have been the underdog 20 times and won five, or 25%, of those games.
• Atlanta is 3-13 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -103 or more on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 50.7% chance of a victory for the Braves.
• Atlanta’s games have gone over the total in 36 of its 93 chances.
• The Braves have an ATS record of 38-55-0 in 93 games with a spread this season.

Braves hitting info

• Matt Olson leads Atlanta in home runs with 17 and runs batted in with 58.
• Olson ranks 29th in homers and 19th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Austin Riley is batting .274 to lead Atlanta, while adding 14 homers and 48 runs batted in this season.
• Riley is 56th in home runs and 57th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Riley heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
• Marcell Ozuna is slashing .236/.363/.385 this season for the Braves.
• Ozzie Albies is batting .219 with an OBP of .291 and a slugging percentage of .317 this season.

Braves pitching rankings

• The Braves average 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-most in the big leagues.
• Atlanta has the 13th-ranked ERA (3.84) in the majors this season.
• The Braves have a combined WHIP of just 1.244 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
• The Braves have given up the 18th-fewest long balls so far this season with 106 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Atlanta defeated the Cardinals, 6-5, with three strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.