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The St. Louis Cardinals (13-15) are the underdogs on the moneyline (-102) in Tuesday’s contest against the Detroit Tigers (16-12). The game starts at 3:40 PM ET on BSDET. The Cardinals are favored against the spread in this one (1.5) with +158 odds.
Detroit’s Jack Flaherty and St. Louis’ Kyle Gibson have been named the starters for this contest.
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Tigers and Cardinals Betting Trends
The Tigers have been favored on the moneyline 14 total times this season. They’ve gone 8-6 in those games.
Detroit has a record of 7-5 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -118 or shorter (58.3% winning percentage).
The Cardinals have won six, or 40%, of the 15 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
St. Louis has entered 14 games this season as the underdog by -102 or more and is 6-8 in those contests.
The Tigers have had an over/under set by oddsmakers 28 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 12 of those games (12-14-2).
Games involving the Cardinals have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 10 of 28 chances this season.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers have the No. 23 offense in MLB action scoring four runs per game (111 total runs).
Detroit averages 0.8 home runs per game to rank 25th in baseball with 23 total home runs .
The Tigers have the 24th-ranked batting average in the league (.223).
Detroit’s 9.1 strikeouts per game rank 19th in MLB.
The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 18th in the majors.
Detroit has a 3.14 team ERA that ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Cardinals Stats & Insights
The Cardinals have scored 100 runs (just 3.6 per game) this season, which ranks 28th in MLB.
St. Louis ranks 29th in Major League Baseball with just 18 home runs as a team.
The Cardinals have a team batting average of just .216 this season, which ranks 27th among MLB teams.
St. Louis ranks 12th with an average of 8.3 strikeouts per game.
The Cardinals average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
St. Louis has the 14th-ranked ERA (3.86) in the majors this season.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
Flaherty makes the start for the Tigers, his sixth of the season. He is 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA and 36 strikeouts through 29 1/3 innings pitched.
Mark Canha leads Detroit in home runs (five) and runs batted in (15) this season while batting .272.
Riley Greene’s five home runs are most among Detroit batters. He’s driven in 12 runs this season while slugging .458.
Kerry Carpenter’s batting average of .276 leads all Detroit hitters this season.
Spencer Torkelson has 22 hits and an OBP of .287 to go with a slugging percentage of .291 this season.
Cardinals Key Players to Watch
The Cardinals’ Gibson (2-2) will make his sixth start of the season.
Willson Contreras has hit a team-high four home runs.
Brendan Donovan has made the most of his opportunities as he paces his team with 14 runs batted in.
Nolan Arenado is batting .271 with six doubles, a home run and eight walks.
Masyn Winn is hitting .297 to pace his team.
Tigers and Cardinals Injuries
Tigers: Gio Urshela: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin), Javier Báez: day-to-day (Undisclosed)
Cardinals: Tommy Edman: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Dylan Carlson: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Matt Carpenter: 10 Day IL (Oblique), Riley O’Brien: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Drew Rom: 15 Day IL (Biceps), Keynan Middleton: 15 Day IL (Forearm)
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