New York Yankees at St. Louis Cardinals Betting Odds, Trends, Predictions
Date:
August 6, 7:15 pm
Location:
Busch Stadium
TV:
Fox
Betting Odds
Moneyline:
NYY +100 / STL -110
Total:
8.5ov -115
<p>The surging Cardinals and slumping Yankees meet for the middle game of a three-game inter-league series at Busch Stadium Saturday night. Lefty Jordan Montgomery, just acquired from the Yankees, hits the hill for St. Louis here against Domingo German for New York.</p>
<p>How are we playing this game with our free Yankees/Cards pick?</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Saturday's baseball betting lines opened New York at around -120 over St. Louis, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Early betting action then slid this game into pick 'em territory.</p>
<h2>Yankees-Cardinals MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>St. Louis took the opener of this series Friday night 4-3. The Cardinals trailed that game 3-1 into the latter stages but scored once in the bottom of the sixth and twice in the bottom of the eighth to steal the victory.</p>
<p>St. Louis won Friday as a +140 home dog on the dime line against Nestor Cortes, and the game played under a total of 8.5 runs.</p>
<p>With Friday's win, the Cardinals are 7-1 over their last eight games. At 58-48, overall, St. Louis is now tied with Milwaukee for the lead in the NL Central.</p>
<p>With Friday's loss, New York is 1-4 over its last five games and 6-9 over its last 15. At 70-37 overall, the Yankees still lead the AL East by 10.5 games over second-place Toronto, but their lead over Houston in the battle for the best record in the American League is down to a half-game.</p>
<p>This series is the first meeting between these teams since 2017.</p>
<h2>Saturday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/116017" title="Jordan Montgomery Pitching Game Logs">Montgomery</a>, who just came over to St. Louis in a trade with the Yankees at the deadline, is 8/21 on quality starts this season but 0 for his last two. Last Sunday, he gave up four runs and four hits through four innings of an 8-6 New York loss to Kansas City. And just before that, he gave up five runs - four earned - in less than three innings of a 6-3 loss to the Mets.</p>
<p>The Yankees, a team that's 30-plus games over .500 on the season, played just 9-12 with Montgomery, although that was probably three games worse than they should have been, based on his performances.</p>
<p>This will be Montgomery's first career start against his former team.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/99108" title="Domingo German Pitching Game Stats">German</a> is 0/3 on quality starts this season, which for him just started two weeks ago, after recovering from a shoulder problem. Monday, he held Seattle to two runs and six hits through five frames of a 7-2 New York victory. And just before that, he gave up two runs through 4 2/3 innings of a 3-2 Yanks loss to the Mets.</p>
<p>New York is 1-2 with German this season, which sounds about right, based on what he's done so far.</p>
<p>This will be German's first career start against the Cardinals.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>New York is batting .250 against left-handed pitching this season, with a .332 team OBP and an ML-best .474 team slugging percentage. But this line-up is operating without two big sticks, with Rizzo and Stanton both out with injuries.</p>
<p>St Louis is slashing .248/.317/.404 against right-handed pitching. The Cardinals have also scored at least five runs six times over their last eight games.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The Cardinals bullpen owns a 3.57 ERA this season, along with a 1.22 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Yankees pen owns a 2.93 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
<p>The Yankees are 29-22 on the road this season and 23-8 against left-handed starters.</p>
<p>The Cardinals are 33-20 at home and 45-39 against right-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
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<li>The Over is 54-50 in Yankees games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 54-48 in Cardinals games.</li>
<li>The Over is 27-24 at Busch Stadium this season.</li>
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We give Montgomery the edge in the pitching match-up here because he's been better than his 3-3 record might indicate. From there, we give New York the edge in the bullpen comparison, but we can't give it the edge with the sticks because they're missing a couple of key guys. Ultimately what we like about this game is St. Louis is hot while the Yankees have hit some doldrums, and those are trends that mean a lot to us. So we're betting the Cardinals Saturday night.
Free Pick:
Take St. Louis -110
