St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Betting Preview | September 10

The St. Louis Cardinals (81-58) are looking for Tommy Edman to prolong a 12-game hitting streak when they match up against the Pittsburgh Pirates (51-86) on Saturday at 7:35 PM ET at PNC Park. The Cardinals are favored (-206) over the Pirates (+173). St. Louis has Jack Flaherty starting, while Pittsburgh will send out JT Brubaker.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Cardinals vs. Pirates

• Game Day: Saturday, September 10, 2022
• Game Time: 7:35 PM ET
• TV Channel: SportsNet PT
• Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Stadium: PNC Park

Cardinals Stats & Trends

Cardinals Batting

• The Cardinals rank sixth-best in MLB play with 175 total home runs.
• The Cardinals’ .257 batting average is sixth-best in the majors.
• The Cardinals are second in baseball with a .328 on-base percentage.
• Cardinals batters strike out 7.6 times per game, the sixth-fewest strikeouts in baseball.
• The Cardinals have hit 84 homers away from home this season (1.2 per game).
• The Cardinals are slugging .424 with 3.3 extra-base hits per game on the road.
• Away from home this season the team averages 9.1 hits per game and is batting .258.

Cardinals Key Batters

• Paul Goldschmidt has 162 hits and an OBP of .415 to go with a slugging percentage of .612. All three of those stats rank first among St. Louis hitters this season.
• Among qualifying hitters in MLB, Goldschmidt ranks first in batting average, first in on-base percentage, and second in slugging.
• Goldschmidt has recorded at least one hit in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with a double, a home run, three walks and two RBI.
• Nolan Arenado is batting .299 with 37 doubles, a triple, 28 home runs and 44 walks.
• Arenado ranks 14th in batting average, 21st in on-base percentage and sixth in slugging in MLB.
• Edman is batting .267 with a .412 slugging percentage and 54 RBI this year.
• Edman has logged a hit or more in 12 straight games. In his last 10 outings he is batting .421 with five doubles, three home runs, a walk and eight RBI.
• Brendan Donovan has been key for St. Louis with 94 hits, an OBP of .395 plus a slugging percentage of .382.

Pirates Stats & Trends

Pirates Batting

• The Pirates rank 19th in Major League Baseball with 132 home runs.
• The Pirates have a team batting average of just .221 this season, which ranks 29th among MLB teams.
• The Pirates are among the worst in the league at getting on base, ranking 28th with an OBP of .287.
• The Pirates are one of the least disciplined teams at the plate this season, ranking 29th with an average of 9.3 strikeouts per game.
• In 69 games at home this season, they’ve hit 63 homers, an average of 0.9 per contest.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .362 in home games this season with 167 extra-base hits.
• They are averaging 7.3 base hits per game and batting .224 as a team at home this season.

Pirates Key Batters

• Bryan Reynolds has racked up an on-base percentage of .336, a slugging percentage of .448, and has 115 hits, all club-highs for the Pirates.
• Including all the qualified hitters in the big leagues, Reynolds ranks 70th in batting average, 58th in on-base percentage and 48th in slugging percentage.
• Reynolds heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with a double, two walks and two RBI.
• Ke’Bryan Hayes has 20 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 41 walks while batting .243.
• Hayes is currently 94th in batting average, 99th in on-base percentage and 129th in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters.
• Ben Gamel is batting .236 with 18 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 39 walks.
• Michael Chavis has 14 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 14 walks while hitting .238.

Cardinals vs. Pirates Probable Pitchers