St Louis Cardinals vs Arizona Diamondbacks 8/19/2022 Picks

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The St. Louis Cardinals (66-51) will bash off against the Arizona Diamondbacks (55-63) in the series opener of the NL Inter-Division at Chase Field in Phoenix on Friday at 9:40 PM ET.

St. Louis took the lead in the NL Central Division with a .564 team percentage after acquiring a total of 559 runs while allowing 462 for a +97 run difference.

The Cardinals look for their 5th consecutive win in coming to this match-up after beating the Colorado Rockies in a three-game series.

RF Lars Nootbaar nailed three runs on a double with two free bases and two RBIs in three at-bats to augment the offense of St. Louis.

SP Adam Wainwright dominated the mound for the Cardinals after allowing just 3 hits but struck out 7 Colorado hitters in the victory.

First Baseman Paul Goldschmidt intensified the offense for the Cardinals with his 29 dingers and a stunning 94 runs batted in records while his batting average sits at .335 with a team-leading on-base percentage of .418 and slugging .627 to enhance the team’s swinging of bats this year.

The St. Louis ball club will be sending righty Mile Mikolas (9-9, 3.44 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 114 Ks) to the hill to start the series opener facing the D-Backs on Friday night.

The right-handed starter pitched for 149.1 innings after conceding 131 hits, 17 homers, and 27 bases on balls in the major league this season.

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St Louis Cardinals vs Arizona Diamondbacks Predictions 8/19/2022

The Arizona Diamondbacks improved to 4th place at 55-63 in the National League West Division with a team percentage of .466 and 26.5 matches behind first place after gaining 503 runs but losing 521 for a run difference of -18 throughout the year.

The Diamondbacks will try to extend their win streak after nailing down the SF Giants in the last two rounds of a series at 3-2 & 5-0.

2B Josh Rojas and LF Jake McCarthy led the offense of Arizona with a one-run score on three hits and one RBI each while Rojas added a free walk in the win.

Starter Zac Gallen controlled the ball against San Francisco’s batters after yielding just 4 hits but wrung up 12 hitters of the Giants in pitching for 7.1 frames in the match.

First Baseman Christian Walker of the D-Backs knocked 29 balls outside the park while driving 69 runs batted in and averaged .223 at the plate throughout the year.

2B Ketel Marte marked a team-leading batting average of .257, an OBP of .343, and a slugging percentage of .434 to reinforce the batting unit of Arizona.

Left-handed Pitcher Tommy Henry (2-1, 4.15 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 9 Ks) will be climbing up the hill to start for the Diamondbacks in game 1 of a series versus the Cardinals on Friday.

The southpaw thrower has given away 13 hits, 8 free walks, and 2 long balls in pitching for 17.1 innings in MLB this year.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks. The MLB Pick for this contest is St. Louis -140. The Cardinals are the stronger team in this match-up after scoring not less than 5 runs in each of their last four matches played.

St. Louis recorded 4.7 runs per game which ranked 5th best in MLB while Arizona gave up 4.5 runs per outing this season. Prediction: The St. Louis Cardinals will win 8-4.

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