Cardinals vs. Rockies odds, tips and betting trends

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05 August 2023

Cardinals vs. Rockies odds, tips and betting trends

In the second game of a three-game set at Busch Stadium, the Colorado Rockies (43-66) take on the St. Louis Cardinals (48-63), Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.

The Rockies are an underdog (+194 on the moneyline to win) when they take on the Cardinals (-237). The St. Louis Cardinals will give the start to Steven Matz (2-7, 4.06 ERA), who is looking for win No. 3 on the season, and the Rockies will counter with Ty Blach (1-0, 4.22 ERA).

Yesterday, the Rockies claimed a 9-4 win over the Cardinals, with Chris Flexen (5.0 IP, 3 R, 10 H, 2 K) earning the win for the Rockies. Nolan Jones finished 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI to lead the offense. Adam Wainwright (3.0 IP, 7 R, 9 H, 5 K) picked up the loss for the Cardinals.

Ahead of this Cardinals vs. Rockies showdown, here is what you need to prepare for Saturday’s MLB action, including viewing options.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Colorado Rockies Odds and Betting Lines

Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 3:35 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Favorite: Cardinals (-237, bet $237 to win $100)
Underdog: Rockies (+194, bet $100 to win $194)
Over/under: 9

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Cardinals Stats and Trends

Cardinals Betting Records

This season, the Cardinals have been favored 59 times and won 26, or 44.1%, of those games.
St. Louis has played as favorites of -237 or more once this season and lost that game.
The moneyline for this contest implies a 70.3% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
St. Louis and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 54 of 109 opportunities.
The Cardinals are 52-57-0 ATS in their 109 games with a spread this season.

Steven Matz (Cardinals Probable Starter)

Matz (2-7 with a 4.06 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 93 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Cardinals, his 16th of the season.
The lefty’s most recent time out was on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs, when he went six scoreless innings while giving up four hits.
In 23 games this season, the 32-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.06, with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .270 against him.
Matz is aiming to register his third straight quality start in this outing.
Matz will try to build upon a four-game streak of going five or more innings (he’s averaging 4.0 innings per appearance).
He will attempt for his third straight appearance without surrendering an earned run.
The opposing Rockies offense has a collective .253 batting average, and is 17th in the league with 937 total hits and 20th in MLB play with 476 runs scored. It has the 17th-ranked slugging percentage (.404) and ranks 23rd in home runs (107) in all of MLB.
Matz has pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up six earned runs on nine hits while striking out four against the Rockies this season.

Cardinals Batting Stats

The Cardinals rank fifth in Major League Baseball with 155 home runs.
Hitters for St. Louis have a combined .432 slugging percentage this season, which ranks seventh in MLB.
The Cardinals’ .257 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking seventh in MLB.
St. Louis has scored the 12th-most runs in the majors this season with 519 (4.7 per game).
The Cardinals have an OBP of .330 this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.
St. Louis is ranked 13th in strikeouts per game (8.3) among MLB offenses.

Rockies Stats and Trends

Rockies Betting Records

The Rockies have been chosen as underdogs in 95 games this year and have walked away with the win 39 times (41.1%) in those games.
Colorado has won all of its 14 games in which it was named as at least a +194 moneyline underdog.
The Rockies have an implied victory probability of 34% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
Colorado’s games have gone over the total in 46 of its 109 opportunities.
The Rockies have posted a record of 53-56-0 against the spread this season.

Ty Blach (Rockies Probable Starter)

Blach (1-0) gets the start for the Rockies, his third of the season.
The lefty last pitched on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, when he went five scoreless innings while giving up three hits.
In nine games this season, he has a 4.22 ERA and 3.8 strikeouts per nine innings while opponents are batting .333 against him.
Blach heads into the matchup with one outing of five or more innings pitched this year.
He is looking to keep a streak of four games without allowing an earned run alive.
He will face a Cardinals offense that ranks 12th in the league with 519 total runs scored while batting .257 as a unit. His opponent has a collective .432 slugging percentage (seventh in MLB play) and has hit a total of 155 home runs (fifth in the league).