The St. Louis Cardinals (55-53) will look to Alec Burleson, who is currently on a two-game home run streak, when they face the Miami Marlins (50-55). The Cardinals are favored (-168) for this matchup against the Marlins (+140), which begins at 7:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Busch Stadium. St. Louis has Sonny Gray starting things off, and Miami will counter with Sandy Alcantara.

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Cardinals vs. Marlins betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-168)
• Underdog: Marlins (+140)
• Over/under: 7.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 28 of the 52 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (53.8%).
• St. Louis has gone 5-1 (winning 83.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -168 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cardinals’ implied win probability is 62.7%.
• St. Louis has played in 107 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 55 times (55-46-6).
• The Cardinals have a 58-49-0 record against the spread this season (covering 54.2% of the time).

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan is hitting .285 with 24 doubles, nine home runs and 38 walks.
• Among all batters in baseball, Donovan’s home run total ranks 150th and his RBI tally ranks 108th.
• Burleson has shown off his power as he paces his team with 14 home runs with a team-leading .289 batting average.
• Among all MLB batters, Burleson ranks 79th in home runs and 77th in RBI.
• Burleson has safely hit in three straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
• Willson Contreras has racked up a team-high 14 home runs and 61 runs batted in.
• Nolan Arenado has 15 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 28 walks while hitting .235.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals pitching staff ranks 29th in the majors with a collective 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• St. Louis’ 4.19 team ERA ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals have the 18th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.288).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to give up 102 home runs (0.9 per game), the fifth-fewest in baseball.
• St. Louis defeated the Marlins 7-1 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing four hits.

Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Marlins betting info

• The Marlins have entered the game as underdogs 92 times this season and won 44, or 47.8%, of those games.
• This season, Miami has won 15 of its 32 games, or 46.9%, when it’s the underdog by at least +140 on the moneyline.
• The Marlins have a 41.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Miami and its opponents have hit the over in 47 of its 105 games with a total this season.
• The Marlins are 63-42-0 against the spread this season.

Marlins hitting info

• Kyle Stowers leads Miami in home runs with 23, runs batted in with 63 and his batting average of .299 is also best on his team.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Stowers is 13th in homers and 23rd in RBI.
• Stowers heads into this matchup on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .444 with four doubles, seven home runs, six walks and 15 RBIs.
• Otto Lopez has 82 hits and an OBP of .318 to go with a slugging percentage of .386 this season.
• Lopez is 116th among hitters in the big leagues in homers, and 58th in RBI.
• Xavier Edwards has collected 104 base hits, an OBP of .357 and a slugging percentage of .355 this season.
• Agustin Ramirez has collected 77 hits this season and has an OBP of .284. He’s slugging .455 on the year.

Marlins pitching rankings

• The Marlins average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.9) in the majors this season.
• Miami has the 24th-ranked ERA (4.45) in the majors this season.
• The Marlins have a combined WHIP of 1.310 as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Marlins have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 111, or 1.1 per game.
• Miami suffered a 7-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Cardinals batters while allowing eight hits.