The St. Louis Cardinals (53-51) host the Cincinnati Reds (48-55) at 2:15 p.m. ET on Sunday at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals are favored (-138) to break the 1-1 tie and take the series over the Reds (+114). Kyle Leahy starts for St. Louis, and Andrew Abbott is Cincinnati’s pick to start.

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Cardinals vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-138)
• Underdog: Reds (+114)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have a 17-14 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 54.8% of those games).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -138 or shorter, St. Louis has a 4-2 record (winning 66.7% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 58%.
• St. Louis has played in 104 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 39 times (39-57-8).
• The Cardinals have covered 56.7% of their games this season, going 59-45-0 ATS.

Cardinals hitting info

• Jordan Walker leads the Cardinals with 22 home runs and 77 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .290.
• In baseball, Walker ranks 14th in home runs and second in RBI.
• Alec Burleson has 25 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 34 walks while hitting .285.
• Burleson currently ranks 63rd in home runs and sixth in RBI in the majors.
• JJ Wetherholt has 10 doubles, 15 home runs and 45 walks while hitting .256.
• Ivan Herrera is batting .242 with 15 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 51 walks.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 7.7 K/9, the fourth-worst in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 11th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.13).
• The Cardinals have the 19th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.334).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to give up 102 home runs (1.0 per game), the first-fewest in MLB.
• St. Louis defeated the Reds 7-0 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing three hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have been underdogs in 71 games this season and won 31 (43.7%) of those contests.
• Cincinnati has a record of 16-24, a 40% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +114 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Reds, based on the moneyline, is 46.7%.
• Cincinnati and its opponents have hit the over in 56 of its 103 games with a total this season.
• The Reds are 56-47-0 against the spread in their 103 chances this season.

Reds hitting info

• Sal Stewart leads Cincinnati in home runs with 21 and runs batted in with 74.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Stewart is 20th in home runs and fourth in RBI.
• Stewart has hit safely in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a home run and five RBIs.
• Elly De La Cruz is batting .276 to lead Cincinnati, while adding 17 homers and 46 runs batted in this season.
• De La Cruz ranks 44th among hitters in the majors in homers, and 85th in RBI.
• De La Cruz heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .176 with a home run, five walks and an RBI.
• JJ Bleday is slashing .238/.345/.476 this season for the Reds.
• Bleday heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .167 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Spencer Steer has collected 81 hits this season and has an OBP of .320. He’s slugging .423 on the year.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
• Cincinnati pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.56 ERA this year, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• The Reds have a combined WHIP of 1.425 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
• The Reds have allowed the 24th-fewest home runs this season with 136, or 1.3 per game.
• Cincinnati suffered a 7-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out six Cardinals batters while allowing 10 hits.