The St. Louis Cardinals (65-69) host the Pittsburgh Pirates (59-75) on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are moneyline favorites (-125) against the underdog Pirates (+105). Miles Mikolas starts for St. Louis while Pittsburgh will counter with Braxton Ashcraft.

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Cardinals vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-125)
• Underdog: Pirates (+105)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been favored on the moneyline 61 total times this season. They’ve finished 31-30 in those games.
• St. Louis has a record of 23-20 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter (53.5% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 55.6%.
• St. Louis has played in 133 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 68 times (68-58-7).
• The Cardinals have put together a 67-66-0 record ATS this season (covering 50.4% of the time).

Cardinals hitting info

• Alec Burleson paces the Cardinals with a team-best batting average of .288.
• In MLB, Burleson ranks 92nd in home runs and 79th in RBI.
• Willson Contreras has hit 19 home runs with 73 runs batted in. Both pace his team.
• Contreras ranks 62nd in home runs and 37th in RBI this season.
• Masyn Winn is hitting .256 with 26 doubles, nine home runs and 31 walks.
• Lars Nootbaar is batting .233 with 20 doubles, 13 home runs and 54 walks.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 29th in the majors.
• St. Louis’ 4.31 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals have the 19th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.305).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to allow the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (135 total, one per game).
• St. Louis its 2-1 loss the last time out, the team struck out nine Pirates batters while allowing three hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have been underdogs in 92 games this season and won 38 (41.3%) of those contests.
• Pittsburgh has a record of 33-47, a 41.2% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +105 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Pirates, based on the moneyline, is 48.8%.
• So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 56 of its 133 games with a total.
• The Pirates are 72-61-0 ATS in their 133 games with a spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds is batting .246 for Pittsburgh with a team-high 66 RBI.
• Reynolds is 120th in home runs and 57th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Oneil Cruz’s 18 home runs are most among Pittsburgh batters. He’s driven in 52 runs this season while slugging .391.
• Cruz is 70th in homers and 117th in RBI among all batters in the major leagues.
• Andrew McCutchen is slashing .239/.332/.377 this season for the Pirates.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa leads Pittsburgh in batting average (.270) this season.
• Kiner-Falefa has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .467 with two doubles and an RBI.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (eight) in the majors this season.
• Pittsburgh has pitched to a 3.93 ERA this season, which ranks 13th in baseball.
• Pirates pitchers have a 1.216 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
• The Pirates have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 128, or one per game.
• Last time out, Pittsburgh defeated the Cardinals, 2-1, with nine strikeouts and four hits allowed.