{"id":64165,"date":"2013-07-29T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T20:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=64165"},"modified":"2013-07-29T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T20:58:58","slug":"cardinals-vs-pirates-free-betting-pick-handicapping-prediction-29713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/cardinals-vs-pirates-free-betting-pick-handicapping-prediction-29713\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Lines & Betting Pick | Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cardinals vs Pirates Baseball Odds<\/h2>\n

The Cardinals are coming off being swept by the Atlanta braves, but they are still holding onto first place in the NL Central with a slight 1.5 game lead over the Pirates. <\/p>\n

Venue\/ Stadium: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/strong>
\nTime\/Date: 7:05 PM EST Monday, July 29, 2013<\/strong>
\nMLB Odds From: BetOnline<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: Cardinals +136 \/ Pirates -146<\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 7 runs<\/strong>
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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is 5-5 in their last 10 games and can move into first place in the division with a strong showing in their 5-game home series against St. Louis. MLB lines have the Pirates as the home favorite with a total of 7 runs.<\/p>\n

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In their last games the Cardinals lost to the Atlanta Braves 5-2 and the Pirates lost to the Miami Marlins 3-2.<\/p>\n

On the season the Cardinals have an Over\/Under record of 50-49 and a run-line W\/L record of 44-57 and the Pirates have an Over\/Under record of 63-40 and a run-line W\/L record of 27-18.<\/p>\n

This season the Pirates are 32-18 at home and the Cardinals are 30-23 on the road.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals have lost 5 of their last 7 games facing the Pirates.<\/p>\n

Jake Westbrook (7-4 2.95 ERA) goes for the Cardinals tonight and in his last start he gave up 3 earned runs in 7 innings in a win over the Philadelphia Phillies. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n

For the Pirates Francisco Liriano (10-4 2.23 ERA) gets the starting nod and in his last outing he was solid not giving up any earned runs in 7 innings in a win over the Washington Nationals.<\/p>\n

Westbrook will be going for his 3rd straight win tonight, but he has not fared well against the Pirates in Pittsburgh where he is 0-5 with an ERA of 7.24 as a starter.<\/p>\n

Liriano will only be making his 2nd career start against the Cardinals and the first time he faced them was back in 2009 when he was with the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n

St. Louis’ Carlos Beltran is 3 for 23 in his last 6 games.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals’ offense struggled in the sweep to the Braves where they only scored 3 runs in 3 games.<\/p>\n

In some betting trends for this NL Central match up the Cardinals are 6-4 in their last 10 overall, 5-2 in Westbrook’s last 7 starts, and they have an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.<\/p>\n

The Pirates are 21-6 in their last 27 games as a home favorite, 5-1 in Liriano’s last 6 starts, and they have an Under record of 13-5 in their last 18 games.<\/p>\n

In 4 of the last 5 games between these 2 teams the total has gone Over 4 times.<\/p>\n

Jason’s Pick:<\/strong> Westbrook will not get tagged up tonight, but the Pirates will win this Game 1 in a low scoring affair.<\/p>\n

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