St. Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox odds, picks and predictions

The St. Louis Cardinals (15-25) finish their 6-game road trip and a 3-game series at the Boston Red Sox (22-18) on Sunday Night Baseball. First pitch from Fenway Park is at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Cardinals vs. Red Sox odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season series: Cardinals lead 2-0

After a sad start to their season the Cardinals have won 5 of their last 6 games while the Red Sox have lost 4 of 5. Saturday’s game showed off the opposite streaks the Red Sox and Cardinals are on.

Down 3-1 in the 9th inning, the Cardinals rallied for 3 runs as Kenley Jansen blew a ninth-inning lead for the 2nd straight day. SS Kiké Hernández threw away a potential game-ending double play as the Cardinals won 4-3 and look to sweep the Red Sox on Sunday.

Cardinals at Red Sox projected starters

RHP Miles Mikolas vs. RHP Corey Kluber

Mikolas (1-1, 5.40 ERA) makes his 9th start. He has a 1.65 WHIP, 2.6 BB/9 and 8.9 K/9 in 41 2/3 innings.

• Last start: No decision, 4 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 B, 7 K in 3-1 win at the Chicago Cubs on Monday
• Has .274 opponent BA in road starts vs .370 average at home

Kluber (2-4, 6.29 ERA) makes his 8th start. He has a 1.39 WHIP, 3.1 BB/9 and 7.3 K/9 in 34 1/3 innings.

• Last start: Win, 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 1 K in 7-4 victory at the Philadelphia Phillies May 6
• First batters of the game vs. Kluber have a collective 1.57 OPS. The remaining leadoff hitters have just a .849 OPS

Cardinals at Red Sox odds

BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 1:23 a.m. ET.

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Cardinals at Red Sox picks and predictions

Prediction

Cardinals 8, Red Sox 5

The Red Sox are 0-7 in their last 7 interleague games. And the last 2 times Boston was a game away from being swept, they got swept.

BET CARDINALS -120.

After a loss, Boston is 7-10 ATS season and while St. Louis hasn’t been great, it covers more often than not (11-10) on the road. The Cardinals have scored 12 runs in the 2 games and, if you like the Cardinals to win, you should like them to win by multiple runs.

BET CARDINALS -1.5 (+125).

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Trends point toward the Over. Boston leads MLB in Overs at 26-13-1 (66.7%). The Over is 10-4 for the Cardinals in interleague games this season.

The books expect a high-scoring game and while 10.5 is well above the average total line, I’m siding with the house.

LEAN OVER 10.5 (-105).

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