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<\/a>St. Louis is 3-5 on its current nine-game road trip, which includes a 4-3 setback to Pittsburgh as -118 favorites Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for the third time in five contests.\u00a0 Catcher Yadier Molina is mired in a 0-for-15 slump, and has been battling a cold the last few days.\u00a0 He ranks second on the team with a .300 average and has six RBIs in his career against tonight\u2019s opposing starter.\u00a0 St. Louis is 4-8 on the road with a money line of -100 to -125 this season, with the UNDER going 8-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n
Cardinals starting pitcher Shelby Miller (4-2, 3.20 ERA) has registered three consecutive victories, including a 4-3 road win over the Atlanta Braves last time out, as he gave up two runs and six hits over five innings of work.\u00a0 The right-hander is 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA in four road appearances\u2014serving up four home runs in 21.2 combined frames.\u00a0 In six career games versus the Pirates, Miller has compiled a 1-5 record and 4.91 ERA.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh has won four games in a row, which includes cashing three tickets as home underdogs over that span.\u00a0 The Pirates have gotten great production out of their leadoff hitters in that stretch\u2014combining to go 12-for-31 at the plate since Starling Marte moved down in the order.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to monitor Sunday\u2019s starting lineup, considering 2013 MVP Andrew McCutchen missed last night\u2019s game due to a sore left foot.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 3-7 at home with a money line of -100 to -125, with the OVER going 7-3 in those 10 opportunities.<\/p>\n
Pirates starting pitcher Charlie Morton (0-4, 3.45 ERA) didn\u2019t earn a decision in a 2-1 home win over the San Francisco Giants in his last trip to the mound, as he surrendered just one run (zero earned) and three hits over eight innings.\u00a0 The right-hander is 0-2 with a 2.77 ERA in four home appearances, with opposing hitters batting .211 against him.\u00a0 In 14 lifetime outings versus the Cardinals, Morton has tallied a 2-9 record and 6.52 ERA.<\/p>\n
Sports bettors will likely back the Cardinals due to their 12-6 record following a loss during the 2014 campaign.<\/p>\n
Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n The St. Louis Cardinals (18-19) and Pittsburgh Pirates (16-20) will close out a National League Central Series Sunday night at PNC Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates\u00a0 St. Louis is 3-5 on its current nine-game road trip, which includes a 4-3 setback to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[2429,7511,25,428,7473,841],"class_list":["post-34045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-andrew-mccutchen","tag-charlie-morton","tag-mlb","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-shelby-miller","tag-st-louis-cardinals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34046,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34045\/revisions\/34046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}