<p>The best match-up on Wednesday’s baseball betting board involves a couple National League playoffs contenders as the Braves and Cardinals play game three of a four-game series in Georgia. Lefty Max Fried goes for Atlanta here against Miles Mikolas for St. Louis.</p>
<p>Who do we like for our <b>free STL/ATL betting pick</b>?</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Wednesday’s baseball betting lines opened Atlanta and Fried at around -180 over St. Louis and Mikolas, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Early betting action then dipped the Braves a dime to -170.</p>
<h2>Cardinals-Braves MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Atlanta won the opener of this series Monday 6-3, then took Tuesday’s game 7-1. The Braves rapped out 10 hits Monday, then 12 more on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Atlanta won Monday as a -170 favorite on the dime line and covered against the run line at a price of +110. The Braves then won Tuesday at -140 and covered against the run line at +135.</p>
<p>With Tuesday’s win Atlanta is 6-2 over its last eight games. At 48-34 overall the Braves now trail the first-place Mets by just 2.5 games in the NL East race.</p>
<p>With Tuesday’s loss St. Louis is 1-5 over its last six games. At 44-39 overall the Cardinals trail first-place Milwaukee by three games in the NL Central.</p>
<p>This series is the first meeting between these teams this season. Last year Atlanta took the season series from St. Louis six games to one.</p>
<h2>Wednesday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a class="advblue"href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/100291&quot; title="Max Fried Pitching Game Logs">Fried</a>, by our tough standards, is 11/16 on quality starts this season and working on a run of three in a row. Last Friday he held Cincinnati to one run and five hits through seven innings of a 9-1 Atlanta victory. And over his last three starts he’s allowed just four runs and 16 hits through 20 2/3 innings, with three walks against 21 strikeouts.</p>
<p>The Braves are 12-4 with Fried this season, 8-0 his last eight times out.</p>
<p>Over two starts against St. Louis last season Fried allowed one run and six hits through 13 innings. Atlanta won both those games.</p>
<p><a class="advblue"href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/40285&quot; title="Miles Mikolas Pitching Game Stats">Mikolas</a> is 10/16 on quality starts this year and four for his last five. Last Friday he gave up four runs - only two were earned - and six hits through 5 1/3 innings of a 5-3 Cardinals loss to Philadelphia. But over his four starts previous to that he allowed just six runs - five earned - and 12 hits through 29 innings, with four walks against 27 whiffs.</p>
<p>St. Louis is 9-7 with Mikolas this season and that’s probably three games worse than it should be.</p>
<p>This will be Mikolas’ first start against Atlanta since 2019, which is kinda already a long time ago.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks </h2>
<p>St. Louis is batting .265 against left-handed pitching this season, with a .339 team OBP and a .439 team slugging percentage. Numbers like those lead us to rank this line-up among the top four in Baseball in this split.</p>
<p>Atlanta is slashing .246/.308/.435 against right-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The Braves bullpen owns a 3.24 ERA this season, along with a 1.18 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Cardinals pen owns a 3.51 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP.<br />
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<span style="font-size:14px; color:#008000;">Get more details:</span> <a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/matchup/1598786">St. Louis at Atlanta 7/6/22 Betting Stats</a>
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends </h2>
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<li>St. Louis is 20-23 on the road this season and 9-7 against left-handed starters.</li>
<li>Atlanta is 26-17 at home and 28-26 against right-handed starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The overs are 40-39 in Cardinals games this season.</li>
<li>The overs are 41-38 in Braves games.</li>
<li>The overs are 23-20 at Truist Park this season.</li>
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