San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals Odds & Free Pick

San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals Odds & Free Pick

Darin Zank
Date: May 15, 7:49 pm
Location: Busch Stadium
TV: ESPN

Betting Odds

Moneyline: SF -149 /STL +138
Runline: SF -1.5 +115/STL +1.5 -135
Total: 7ov -123

<p>After splitting the first two games of this three-game set at Busch Stadium, the Giants and Cardinals play a rubber match on this week's edition of Sunday night baseball.</p>
<p>Ol' pro Adam Wainwright hits the hill for the home team here against hot lefty Carlos Rodon for the visitors.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Sunday's baseball betting lines opened San Fran and Rodon at around -140 over St. Louis and Wainwright, with an over/under of seven runs. Early betting action then bumped the Giants a dime to -150.</p>
<h2>Giants-Cardinals MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>San Francisco took the opener of this series Friday night 8-2, but St. Louis won Saturday's game 4-0. The Giants won as -120 favorites Friday with Logan Webb, while the Cardinals won Saturday as +105 underdogs.</p>
<p>Also, Friday's game played over a total of 7.5 runs thanks to a five-run San Francisco eighth inning, while Saturday's game played under a total of nine.</p>
<p>Even with Saturday's win St. Louis is only 2-5 over its last seven games. At 18-15 overall, the Cardinals sit in second place in the NL Central, 2.5 games behind first-place Milwaukee.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Saturday's loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the Giants. At 20-13 overall, San Francisco sits in third place in the NL West, just a half-game behind the first-place Dodgers and Padres.</p>
<p>These teams have split six meetings this season.</p>
<h2>Saturday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p>By our strict standards, <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/39441&quot; title="Adam Wainwright Pitching Game Logs">Wainwright</a> is 2/6 on quality starts this season. Last time out, 11 days ago, he held Kansas City scoreless on one hit through seven innings of a 10-0 St. Louis victory. But over his two starts previous to that, he gave up seven runs on 12 hits and eight walks through 11 frames of a pair of Cardinals losses.</p>
<p>St. Louis is 3-3 with Wainwright this year, and that sounds about right.</p>
<p>Over two starts last year against San Francisco, Wainwright allowed seven runs and 12 hits through 11 innings. The Cardinals split those two games, and both games played over their totals.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/69198&quot; title="Carlos Rodon Pitching Game Stats">Rodon</a> is 4/6 on quality starts this year and six outs away from 6/6. Monday, he held Colorado to two runs and six hits through six innings, with two walks and 12 strikeouts, in an 8-5 Giants victory. And on the season, he's gone at least five innings in every start and never allowed more than two runs.</p>
<p>San Francisco is 4-2 with Rodon this year and could be 6-0.</p>
<p>In his only start last year against St. Louis, while pitching for the White Sox, Rodon allowed just one run and one hit through six innings, with zero walks and ten whiffs, although his team lost that game 4-0.</p>
<h1>Splits With the Sticks</h1>
<p>San Francisco is batting .252 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .334 team OBP and a .378 team slugging percentage. The Giants have also scored at least seven runs five times over their last seven games.</p>
<p>St. Louis is slashing .256/.338/.464 against left-handed pitching this season. But the Cardinals have also been held to three runs or less five times over their last eight games.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The San Francisco bullpen owns a 3.46 ERA this season, along with a 1.21 WHIP.</p>
<p>The St. Louis pen owns a 3.17 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
<p>The Giants are 9-6 on the road this season and 15-12 against right-handed starters.</p>
<p>The Cardinals are 9-8 at home and 3-3 vs. left-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
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<li>The overs are 17-14 in Giants games this season.</li>
<li>The overs are 16-15 in Cardinals games this season.</li>
<li>The overs are 10-5 at Busch Stadium this season.</li>
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Giants vs Cardinals Prediction 5/15/22

We give Rodon the check-mark in the pitching match-up, but we give St. Louis a slight edge in the bullpen comparison while calling the splits with the sticks a wash. So our belief is the line on this game is much too high. Betting baseball is often about finding value on the dime line, and we like the value here with the Cardinals getting the underdog price  

Free Pick: Take St. Louis +138
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