Cardinals vs. Pirates Pick
Can the Pittsburgh Pirates avoid a sweep when they host the St. Louis Cardinals today at 5:05PM ET?
St. Louis has Mike Leake on the mound today to face Jonathon Niese of the Pirates. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Pittsburgh is favored at home today, as the Pirates are getting odds of -115 to win, while the Cardinals have odds of +105 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 8.5 runs.
St. Louis is 34-28 on the season, 19-12 on the road and 38-22-2 with the over. Pittsburgh is 32-30 overall, 18-14 at home and 38-23-1 with the over. St. Louis has won the first two games in this series, outscoring the Pirates 14-4 in the two games. St. Louis has now won three of their last four against Pittsburgh.
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Mike Leake struggled in his last start against the Pirates, allowing four runs in April in just 4 1/3 innings. He takes on big lefty Jon Niese, who has been on target, allowing just six runs over his last five starts. It also helps that St. Louis is hitting just .241 against left-handers compared to .270 against right-handers.
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