Cardinals vs. Padres odds, tips and betting trends

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30 August 2023

Cardinals vs. Padres odds, tips and betting trends

The San Diego Padres (62-71) and St. Louis Cardinals (57-76) will battle on Wednesday at Busch Stadium, starting at 2:15 PM ET.

The Cardinals (-111 moneyline odds to win) and the Padres (-108) will take the field in a projected tight matchup. The St. Louis Cardinals will give the start to Miles Mikolas (6-10, 4.66 ERA), who is looking for win No. 7 on the season, and the Padres will counter with Rich Hill (7-13, 5.28 ERA).

These teams meet again after the Cardinals beat the Padres 6-5 yesterday. JoJo Romero picked up the win for the Cardinals (2.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 K), and Willson Contreras led the way offensively (2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI). Josh Hader (0.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K) was credited with the loss for the Padres.

Here’s everything you need to get ready for Wednesday’s Cardinals vs. Padres action, including viewing options.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Cardinals (-111, bet $111 to win $100)
Underdog: Padres (-108, bet $108 to win $100)
Over/under: 9.5

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Cardinals Stats and Trends

Cardinals Betting Records

The Cardinals have been favorites in 70 games this season and won 32 (45.7%) of those contests.
St. Louis is 31-38 this season when entering a game favored by -111 or more on the moneyline.
The moneyline for this contest implies a 52.6% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
So far this season, St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 62 of 131 games with a total.
The Cardinals are 60-71-0 ATS in their 131 games with a spread this season.

Miles Mikolas (Cardinals Probable Starter)

Mikolas (6-10) takes the mound for the Cardinals in his 29th start of the season. He has a 4.66 ERA in 158 1/3 innings pitched, with 110 strikeouts.
The righty’s last appearance was on Friday against the Philadelphia Phillies, when he went six innings, surrendering five earned runs while allowing eight hits.
The 35-year-old has an ERA of 4.66, with 6.3 strikeouts per nine innings, in 28 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .278 batting average against him.
Mikolas is looking to collect his 11th quality start of the season.
Mikolas heads into the game with 23 outings of five or more innings pitched this campaign.
He has made five appearances this season in which he did not give up an earned run.
He will face a Padres team that is batting .238 as a unit (24th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .408 (17th in MLB) with 168 total home runs (13th in MLB).
Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 35-year-old ranks 43rd in ERA (4.66), 41st in WHIP (1.301), and 50th in K/9 (6.3).

Cardinals Batting Stats

The Cardinals rank eighth in Major League Baseball with 179 home runs.
Hitters for St. Louis have a combined .426 slugging percentage this season, which ranks ninth in MLB.
The Cardinals have a team batting average of .254 this season, which ranks 12th among MLB teams.
St. Louis has scored the 16th-most runs in the majors this season with 596 (4.5 per game).
The Cardinals have an on-base percentage of .328 this season, which ranks eighth in the league.
St. Louis ranks 13th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.3 whiffs per contest.

Padres Stats and Trends

Padres Betting Records

The Padres have been underdogs in 32 games this season and have come away with the win 10 times (31.2%) in those contests.
San Diego has a win-loss record of 10-20 when favored by -108 or worse by bookmakers this year.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Padres have a 51.9% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
San Diego’s games have gone over the total in 55 of its 133 opportunities.
In 133 games with a line this season, the Padres have a mark of 64-69-0 against the spread.

Rich Hill (Padres Probable Starter)

Hill (7-13) gets the starting nod for the Padres in his 26th start of the season. He’s put together a 5.28 ERA in 133 2/3 innings pitched, with 115 strikeouts.
His most recent appearance was in relief on Saturday when the left-hander threw 2 2/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers, surrendering two earned runs while giving up four hits.
The 43-year-old has an ERA of 5.28, with 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings in 26 games this season. Opponents are batting .274 against him.
Hill is looking to collect his eighth quality start of the season in this outing.
Hill is looking to record his 20th start of five or more innings this season in this matchup.
In one of his 26 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.
The opposing Cardinals offense has a collective .254 batting average, and is 10th in the league with 1151 total hits and 16th in MLB play with 596 runs scored. They have the ninth-ranked slugging percentage (.426) and are eighth in all of MLB with 179 home runs.
Head-to-head against the Cardinals this season, Hill has thrown 6 2/3 innings, giving up one earned run on four hits while striking out six.
Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 43-year-old’s 5.28 ERA ranks 51st, 1.489 WHIP ranks 53rd, and 7.8 K/9 ranks 38th.

Padres Batting Stats

The Padres average 1.3 home runs per game to rank 13th in MLB play with 168 total home runs .
So far this year, San Diego is 17th in the majors with a .408 slugging percentage.
The Padres are 24th in MLB with a .238 batting average.
Averaging 4.5 runs per game (598 total), San Diego is the 15th-highest scoring team in the majors.
The Padres’ .325 on-base percentage ranks 11th in the majors.

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