St Louis Cardinals vs Miami Marlins Prediction, Pick and Preview, June 29 (6/29): MLB

St Louis Cardinals vs Miami Marlins Prediction, Pick and Preview, June 29 (6/29): MLB

Credit: photo by Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 7:45 p.m. EST
Cardinals money line +108
Cardinals run line -1.5 (+130)
Marlins money line -130
Marlins run line -1.5 (+145)
Over / under 7.5

 

Key stats

  St Louis Cardinals Miami Marlins
Record 43-34 33-40
Home / road record 24-15 14-24
Last 10 record 5-5 5-5
Streak W2 L2
Over / under record 39-34-4 38-34-1
Runs / game 4.74 4.47
Runs allowed / game 3.92 4.27

 

Preview

The St Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins will play the third game of the series at the Busch Stadium on Wednesday night. The Cardinals beat the Marlins again 5-3 in the second game of the series. The St. Louis bullpen combined for four scoreless innings, and Dylan Carlson drove in two runs as the Cardinals rallied for a victory. 

St Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals get here with a 43-34 record and have won 3 of their last 4 games. The team is averaging 4.7 runs and and they're batting for .255 AVG, have 370 runs scored in 670 hits and 82 home runs, ranking #5 in offense in the league behind the San Francisco Giants. Paul Goldschmidt leads the team with 19 home runs and batting for .337 AVG with 64 RBI so far.

Defensively they are allowing 3.9 runs per game and rank #6 in the league. Miles Mikolas leads the pitching staff with a 2.57 ERA, 78 strikeouts and 5 wins recorded with the Cards.

Probable Pitcher: 

Andre Pallante (2-3, 2.03 ERA) will take the mound in the 3rd game of the series for the Cardinals. Pallante took the loss against the Cubs after allowing three runs on seven hits and three walks in six innings. He has not allowed any runs on 0 hits with 3 strikeouts in 2 innings against the Marlins in his career.

Miami Marlins

The Marlins get here with a 33-40 record and have lost 4 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 4.5 runs per game. They're batting for .245 AVG, have 319 runs scored in 601 hits and 80 home runs, ranking #15 in offense in the league behind the Milwaukee Brewers. Jazz Chisholm Jr leads with 14 home runs, 45 RBI. Garret Cooper is batting for an average of .316. 

Defensively they are allowing 4.3 runs per game and rank #17 in the league. Sandy Alcantara is leading the team with a 1.95 ERA, 94 strikeouts and 7 wins recorded.

Probable Pitcher: 

Sandy Alcantara (7-3, 1.95 ERA) will start for the Marlins in the 3rd game of the series. Alcantara (7-3) suffered the loss on Friday as the Marlins were defeated 5-3 by the Mets. Over the course of seven innings, he allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits. He did not walk a batter while he struck out four. He has a 0-3 record with an ERA of 0.99 and 29 strikeouts in 4 appearances versus the Cardinals in his career.

BETTING TRENDS

Miami Marlins are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis.

The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Miami's last 19 games against an opponent in the National League Central Division division.

The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis' last 8 games against Miami.

St. Louis Cardinals are 11-4 SU in their last 16 games at home.

Prediction

The Cardinals beat the Marlins again scoring 4 runs in the 5th inning but they'll now face Sandy Alcantara who has been one of the best pitchers in the National league and pitched 8 scoreless innings the last time they faced him. St Louis will send Andre Pallante who has only 4 starts this season but has done a good job allowing 6 runs in 21 innings pitched. With Alcantara on the mound the Cardinals will struggle to score and with the Marlins struggling lately I think the best play is the under. The under has cashed in 7 of the last 8 head to head games.

PICK: Under 7.5 (-110)

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