St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants 4/26/2023 Picks

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The St. Louis Cardinals will go against the San Francisco Giants in MLB action in Oracle Park, CA, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 9:45 PM ET.

The Cardinals’ defense of their 2022 NL Central Division title gets off to a sluggish start. The Cardinals dropped both of their most recent series, including two out of the three games they played in Seattle this past weekend.

With a 7-3 victory on Sunday, they were able to salvage a victory in the series thanks to home runs from Lars Nootbaar and Nolan Gorman.

Jake Woodford, a right-handed pitcher for the Cardinals, will make his fifth start of 2023. Woodford has a record of 1-2 and a 6.05 ERA while giving up 27 hits in 19.1 innings.

Along with walking six hitters and striking out 12 in his five outings, Woodford also allowed six home runs.

In comparison to his lifetime hard hit% of just over 40%, Woodford was struck extraordinarily hard this season, with a hard hit percentage of 60.1%.

The opposition barreled up 13% of his pitches this season, compared to only 5% last year.

The total went OVER in 6 of St. Louis’ last 8 matches.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 2-5 SU in their last 7 matches.
The Cardinals are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games with San Francisco.

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St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants Predictions 4/26/2023

The Giants are having trouble getting going early in this series and regaining the form that helped them win the NL West Division and 107 games in 2021.

After winning the final two matches of the season, the Giants divided a four-game series with the Mets over the weekend. In the eighth inning, Mike Yastrzemski doubled home the winning run to give the Giants a 5-4 victory.

On Tuesday night, the Giants will start 26-year-old right-hander Tristan Beck. To replace starter Alex Wood, who was placed on the IL with a hamstring injury, Beck was brought up.

This year, Beck only made one start, a no-decision on Thursday night against the Mets in a 9-4 defeat. Beck pitched for 5.1 innings, surrendering 9 hits and 4 runs, one of which was a home run.

Beck had five strikeouts against one walk. Beck had a game-high hard hit percentage of 57% and a K% of 20%.

The San Francisco Giants are 4-2 SU in their last 6 matches.
The total went UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 6 matches at home against St. Louis.
The total went UNDER in 6 of San Francisco’s last 6 matches in the NL Central Division.

St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants. The MLB pick for this game is the San Francisco Giants. This matchup features two clubs that had a difficult start to the season and two pitchers who took a lot of hits this year.

In this matchup, lean toward the Giants at home. The Giants receive a significant lift towards the top of the order with the return of Joc Pederson to the lineup on Sunday.

The Giants’ more powerful offense ought to win the game with two subpar starters on the mound. The Cardinals are ranked 14th in runs per game, while the Giants are ranked 16th, and San Francisco is third in home runs this year.

The San Francisco Giants will win to a predicted score of 6-4.

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