<p>After splitting the first two games of this three-game series at Busch Stadium, the Braves and Cardinals play a rubber match Sunday night. The venerable Adam Wainwright takes the pill for St. Louis here against newcomer Jake Odorizzi for Atlanta.</p>
<p>Which way are we going here for our <b>free Braves/Cards pick</b>?</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Sunday's baseball betting lines opened St. Louis and Wainwright at around -120 over Atlanta and Odorizzi, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Early betting action then bumped the Cardinals up to -126.</p>
<h2>Braves-Cardinals MLB Betting Preview</h2>
<p>Atlanta took the opener of this series Friday night 11-4, but St. Louis rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to take Saturday's game 6-5. The Braves won Friday as -165 favorites on the dime line while the Cardinals won Saturday at -105.</p>
<p>Also, both games played over on the totals.</p>
<p>With Saturday's victory, St. Louis is 3-3 over its last six games. At 73-54 overall, the Cardinals now lead the NL Central by six games over second-place Milwaukee.</p>
<p>With Saturday's loss, Atlanta is still 7-2 over its last nine games. At 79-49 overall, the Braves trail the first-place Mets by three games in the NL East but also lead the NL wild-card race by 6.5 games over second-place Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Atlanta leads the season series with St. Louis four games to two.</p>
<h2>Sunday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/39441&quot; title="Adam Wainwright Pitching Game Logs">Wainwright</a> is 14/25 on quality starts this season, working on a run of three in a row. Tuesday, he held the Cubs to two runs and five hits through six innings, although St. Louis lost that game 2-0.<br />
And over his last three starts, he's allowed just three runs and 11 hits through 22 innings.</p>
<p>The Cardinals are 14-11 with Wainwright this season, and that's probably a game or two worse than they should be, based on his performances.</p>
<p>In his most recent start against Atlanta, back in June of last season, Wainwright allowed just one run and three hits through seven innings, with 11 strikeouts, in a 9-1 St. Louis win.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/40381&quot; title="Jake Odorizzi Pitching Game Stats">Odorizzi</a> is 5/17 on quality starts this year, 1/4 since joining the Braves in a trade with Houston back near the deadline. Monday, he held Pittsburgh to one run and four hits through six innings of a 2-1 Atlanta victory. But over his three starts previous to that, he gave up ten runs - nine earned - and 22 hits through 13 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>The Astros played 7-6 with Odorizzi this season, and the Braves are 2-2 with him so far.</p>
<p>This will be Odorizzi's first start against the Cardinals since 2018, and that's already a long time ago.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>Atlanta is batting .248 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .309 team OBP and a .441 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>St. Louis is slashing .257/.328/.419 against right-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Cardinals bullpen owns a 3.80 ERA this season, along with a 1.23 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Braves pen owns a 3.26 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
<p>Atlanta is 37-25 on the road this season and 50-36 against right-handed starters.</p>
<p>St. Louis is 41-22 at home and 53-45 against right-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
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<li>The Over is 65-55 in Braves games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 62-61 in Cardinals games.</li>
<li>The Over is 33-28 at Busch Stadium this season.</li>
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