The Miami Marlins (44-39) have a 2-0 series lead and will look for a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals (42-38) on Sunday at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals are favored (-130) against the underdog Marlins (+107) in the matchup, which starts at 2:15 p.m. ET. St. Louis’ Kyle Leahy and Miami’s Tyler Phillips will take the mound first.
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Cardinals to win vs Marlins -130
Cardinals vs. Marlins betting lines
- Favorite: Cardinals (-130)
- Underdog: Marlins (+107)
- Over/under: 9.5
Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cardinals betting info
- The Cardinals have compiled a 14-9 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 60.9% of those games).
- St. Louis has a 5-2 record (winning 71.4% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -130 or shorter.
- The Cardinals have a 56.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- St. Louis has played in 80 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 32 times (32-41-7).
- The Cardinals have a 47-33-0 record against the spread this season (covering 58.8% of the time).
Cardinals hitting info
- Alec Burleson is hitting .282 with 20 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 30 walks.
- Among all hitters in MLB play, Burleson’s home run total ranks 51st and his RBI tally ranks fifth.
- Jordan Walker has shown his power as he paces his team with 18 home runs and 58 runs batted in, with a team-leading .290 batting average.
- Walker currently ranks 17th in homers and second in RBI in the majors.
- Walker has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .278 with a walk.
- Ivan Herrera is batting .259 with 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 48 walks.
- JJ Wetherholt is hitting .262 with eight doubles, 12 home runs and 35 walks.
Cardinals pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 7.5 K/9, the third-worst in the majors.
- St. Louis has a 4.30 team ERA that ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Cardinals have the 20th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.353).
- Cardinals pitchers combine to surrender 89 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (13th-fewest in baseball).
- St. Louis struck out four Marlins batters while giving up eight hits in a 4-0 loss in its last game.
Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Marlins betting info
- This season, the Marlins have won 16 out of the 43 games, or 37.2%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Miami has a record of 12-18 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +107 on the moneyline.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 48.3% chance of a victory for the Marlins.
- Miami and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 44 of its 83 opportunities.
- The Marlins are 44-39-0 ATS in their 83 games with a spread this season.
Marlins hitting info
- Otto Lopez leads Miami with a batting average of .336. He’s also hit six home runs with 36 RBI.
- Lopez is 174th in home runs and 84th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Xavier Edwards has 90 hits and an OBP of .379 to go with a slugging percentage of .430 this season.
- Edwards is 174th in home runs and 152nd in RBI among all MLB batters this season.
- Edwards takes a six-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .289 with a double, a triple, four walks and four RBIs.
- Jakob Marsee has collected 56 base hits, an OBP of .318 and a slugging percentage of .301 this season.
- Marsee has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .105 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.
- Javier Sanoja has 47 hits and an OBP of .301 to go with a slugging percentage of .365 this season.
- Sanoja heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .350 with two doubles and two RBIs.
Marlins pitching rankings
- The Marlins strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
- Miami has the 11th-ranked ERA (3.96) in the majors this season.
- The Marlins have a combined 1.242 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
- The Marlins have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 79 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, Miami defeated the Cardinals, 4-0, with seven strikeouts and three hits allowed.
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