Red-Hot Cardinals Favored Against the Visiting Reds
Reds vs Cardinals Series Odds Favor Cardinals Adding To Home Win Total
Veteran Pitchers Give St. Louis The Edge Against Visiting Reds
It will be a showdown of teams headed in different directions when the slumping Cincinnati Reds travel to meet the streaking St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game series. The Reds vs Cardinals series odds favor the Cardinals.
After winning two of the three games against Cincinnati in May, St. Louis has won six of the last nine games versus the Reds. Cincinnati did win one of the two series in St. Louis a season ago. Six of the last eight games between the teams went under the total.
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Expert Pick: Subscribe below to get our Premium Insights!The Reds vs Cardinals series odds have St. Louis priced at -190 with the Reds coming in at +160 to win the series. In the series opener, the Cardinals are priced at -127 to win on Thursday with +155 odds at -1.5 on the run line. Cincinnati offers solid value at +117 to take the series opener.
A quick peek at the 2024 MLB standings shows that St. Louis currently holds down a playoff spot while Cincinnati is 4.5 games out of the playoffs.
When looking at the MLB odds of winning the World Series, St. Louis is tied for 13th at +6500 with the Reds well back at +12500 in the championship odds.
Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals 
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Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
Streaming: Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Midwest. Friday’s game is also available on MLB Network but it is subject to blackout in the Cincinnati and St. Louis markets.
Reds vs Cardinals Probable Starting Pitchers
- Thursday: Andrew Abbott (Reds); Miles Mikolas (Cardinals)
- Friday: Frankie Montas (Reds); Andre Pallante (Cardinals)
- Saturday: Carson Spiers (Reds); Sonny Gray (Cardinals)
- Sunday: Hunter Greene (Reds); Lance Lynn (Cardinals)
Remember Me?
One of the more intriguing storylines among the starting pitchers could be seeing Sonny Gray pitching for the Cardinals on Saturday against one of his former teams.
Gray was 23-20 for the Reds in 69 games from 2019-2021. This will be the first time that Gray will pitch against the Reds since 2016 when he was a member of the Oakland A’s.
Gray leads the Cardinals with nine wins, and 103 strikeouts, and is the only starter for St. Louis with an ERA under 3.00.
The three probable starting pitchers for the Reds are 26 younger while the first three starters for the Cardinals are 34, 37, and 35 with 783 career starts between them. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Reds vs Cardinals series odds.
The total went under in 13 of the last 17 games for the Reds.
Cardinals Thriving in Low-Scoring Affairs
St. Louis Cardinals seems to be just fine playing in games when the pitchers have the upper hand.
In the last 12 games when eight runs or less have been scored, the Cardinals are 8-4 and are 7-3 in the last 10 games that finished under the total. That could factor into the Reds vs Cardinals series odds.
St. Louis has the fourth-best team ERA of 3.45 in June with only the Pittsburgh Pirates allowing fewer home runs in June than the Cardinals. Closer Ryan Helsley is 10-for-10 in save opportunities in the month.
Four of the last five meetings between the Cardinals and the Reds went under the total.
Who’s Hot
- Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals OF: Burleson has at least two hits in six of his last eight games.
- Jonathan India, Cincinnati Reds 2B: India is 14-for-29 with eight extra-base hits, and nine runs during his eight-game hitting streak.
- Sonny Gray, St. Louis Cardinals P: Gray has allowed 10 hits and four runs with 21 strikeouts in 21.2 innings in his last three starts.
- Lucas Sims, Cincinnati Reds P: Sims has surrendered four hits and one run with eight strikeouts over 7.1 innings in his last eight games.
Who’s Not
- Stuart Fairchild, Cincinnati Reds OF: Fairchild is 4-for-31 with seven strikeouts over his last 12 games.
- Nolan Gorman, St. Louis Cardinals 2B: Gorman is 1-for-18 with nine strikeouts in his last six games.
- Hunter Greene, Cincinnati Reds P: Greene matched his season-high with seven hits allowed in his last start.
- Andre Pallante, St. Louis Cardinals P: Pallante has allowed 21 hits and 13 runs in 16.2 innings in four starts in June.
Reds vs Cardinals Injury Update
Third baseman Jeimer Candelario and outfielder Jake Fraley are day-to-day for the Reds. Infielder Noelvi Marte is eligible to play after his 80-game suspension came an end. Outfielder TJ Friedl and pitcher Nick Lodolo are on the injured list.
Outfielder Lars Nootbaar and infielder Tommy Edman are on the injured list for the Cardinals.
Reds vs Cardinals Betting Preview
This has been an interesting series between National League Central Division rivals. There were five one-run games between the teams in 2023 but also a 19-2 win by Cincinnati followed the next day by a 15-6 victory by the Cardinals.
All three games in the May series between the teams went under the total with four of the six starting pitchers from that series expected to pitch over the last four days.
St. Louis is just 11-11 as a home favorite but that is still better than Cincinnati’s 9-19 mark as a road underdog. Cincinnati did cover in 17 of those games.
The MLB weather report shows no chance of rain for the series opener.
Each of the last five games for the Reds went under the total with the total currently at 8.5 for the series opener.
Six of the last nine games played by the Cardinals went over the total.
With St. Louis 7-3 over the last 10 games and Cincinnati losing seven of its last 10, roll with the host Cardinals to soar in this four-game series.
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