Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals odds, predictions and bets

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are playing the series opener of a three-game set at Busch Stadium at 8:15 p.m. Eastern.

Pittsburgh Pirates are playing St. Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh has won only one of Musgrove's last four starts. Mikolas had a bad start in San Francisco. He had an erratic first half with a 4.53 ERA.

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are one of only two teams to have an over/under of 8.5. Pittsburgh Pirates are top-five in the league in runs, hits and batting average. St Louis Cards are fourth-worst at hitting the over at 45.8 percent.

Pittsburgh Pirates are top-five in the league in runs, hits and batting average. St. Louis Cardinals are fourth-worst at hitting the over at 45.8 percent.

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are one of only two teams with an over/under of 8.5. Pittsburgh has won the last six games at home. St Louis has allowed just over four runs a game in the past six weeks.

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are playing each other. Jordan Hicks is out for the season after Tommy John surgery. John Gant is replacing him.

The Cardinals are a decent favorite at home (-145) but can they be trusted? Pittsburgh is a better bet at +1.5 (-155).

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are playing each other. The game is expected to be low-scoring.