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After a four-hit game last time out, Paul Goldschmidt leads the St. Louis Cardinals (14-16) as -111 favorites against the Detroit Tigers (17-13). Action gets underway from Comerica Park at 1:10 PM ET on Wednesday, live on MLB Network.
Miles Mikolas starts for St. Louis while Kenta Maeda is Detroit’s starter for the contest.
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Cardinals and Tigers Betting Trends
The Cardinals are 7-6 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 53.8% of those games).
St. Louis has gone 7-6 (winning 53.8% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -111 or shorter.
This season, the Tigers have won eight out of the 14 games, or 57.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Detroit has a record of 7-5 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least -109 on the moneyline.
The Cardinals have played in 30 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 11 times (11-18-1).
So far this season, the Tigers and their opponents have hit the over in 13 of their 30 games with a total.
Cardinals Stats & Insights
The Cardinals score the third-fewest runs in baseball (108 total, 3.6 per game).
St. Louis has hit the second-fewest home runs in baseball this season (20).
The Cardinals have the fifth-worst batting average in the league (.219).
St. Louis strikes out 8.6 times per game to rank 16th in the majors.
The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 15th in the majors.
St. Louis’ 4.02 team ERA ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers have scored the 19th-most runs in the league this season with 123 (4.1 per game).
Detroit’s 27 home runs rank 21st in Major League Baseball.
The Tigers rank 24th in MLB with a .226 team batting average.
Detroit ranks 23rd in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.2 Ks per contest.
The Tigers have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the majors.
Detroit has the fourth-best ERA (3.20) in the majors this season.
Cardinals Key Players to Watch
Mikolas (2-3) takes the mound for the Cardinals in his seventh start of the season. He has a 5.91 ERA in 32 2/3 innings pitched, with 25 strikeouts.
Brendan Donovan is batting .228 for St. Louis with a team-high 16 RBI.
Nolan Arenado is batting .272 with an OBP of .336 and a slugging percentage of .351 this season.
Willson Contreras’ four home runs lead all St. Louis hitters, and he’s slugging .483.
Masyn Winn leads St. Louis with a .291 batting average.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers’ Maeda (0-1) will make his sixth start of the season.
Riley Greene paces the Tigers with seven home runs.
Mark Canha’s 16 RBI and .278 batting average both pace his team.
Kerry Carpenter has five doubles, two triples, three home runs and four walks while hitting .267.
Spencer Torkelson is batting .216 with nine doubles and 11 walks.
Cardinals and Tigers Injuries
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), Keynan Middleton: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Drew Rom: 60 Day IL (Biceps)
Tigers: Gio Urshela: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin)
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