Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals 4/14/2023 Picks

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The Pittsburgh Pirates will go against the St. Louis Cardinals in MLB action in Busch Stadium, MO, on Friday, April 14, 2023, at 8:15 PM ET.

After losing two out of three matches to Houston, the Pirates suffered their second series defeat of the year.

With a victory versus the Cardinals, which would be their seventh victory in their previous ten games, they will attempt to turn things around.

Pittsburgh scores 4.25 runs per game on average. Their league-leading batting average of.228 places them 26th. They rank 24th in on-base percentage (.309) and 17th in slugging percentage (.405).

For the Pirates, Bryan Reynolds was their star batter. His batting average of.347, five home runs, and 14 RBI put him in first place on the club.

Due to poor pitching, Pittsburgh was allowing five runs per game. The Pirates are 19th in the league with a.257 opponent batting average.

Their 1.44 WHIP ranks 22nd, and their 4.92 ERA is 21st. Oviedo’s last start resulted in a 1-0 victory over the White Sox after he allowed 5 hits and no runs across 6.2 innings.

If they want to win this game, they will need him to put forth a comparable effort.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are 7-3 SU in their last 10 matches.
The Pirates are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games with St. Louis.
The total went UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 matches on the road.

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals Predictions 4/14/2023

The Cardinals won two of three matches against the Rockies after losing the series against the Brewers.

They will look to maintain the momentum by defeating the Pirates, which would mark their fourth victory in their previous six games.

St. Louis scores 4.67 runs per game on average. Their league-leading batting average of.284 places them third. They rank third in on-base percentage (.355) and fourth in slugging percentage (.446).

Paul Goldschmidt is the Cardinals’ best player with a batting average of.364.

Nolan Arenado has 13 RBI while Nolan Gorman has four home runs to lead the squad. St. Louis’ pitching was not great with the team allowing up 4.92 runs per game.

The Cardinals’ opponents’ batting average against them is.292, which ranks 30th in the league.

Their 1.54 WHIP ranks 27th, and their 4.89 ERA ranks 19th. In his most recent start, Woodford allowed six hits and three runs in 4.2 innings, which resulted in the Brewers losing 6-1.

The total went UNDER in 8 of the Cardinals’ last 9 matches.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 3-7 SU in their last 10 matches.
The total went OVER in 10 of St. Louis’ last 15 games with Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals. The MLB pick for this game is the St. Louis Cardinals. Three of the Cardinals’ last five matches ended in victories.

They scored 20 runs in their last three matches thanks to their strong offensive play.

Because of how well they hit the ball against right-handers and the fact that they are playing a starter who gave up five runs in his previous road start, anticipate them to do well offensively in this matchup.

Against the Cardinals, he started two games and allowed five runs in 10 innings. They will find it challenging to contain the Cardinals in this game considering how poorly their bullpen performed lately.

Three of the Pirates’ last five games ended in losses. Only 10 runs were scored in their last four games due to their offensive struggles.

The Cardinals won’t have any issue containing Pittsburgh’s offense because they also possess the eighth-best bullpen in the league.

To cover the run line, support the Cardinals. The St. Louis Cardinals will win by a predicted score of 6-3.

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