MLB - 911 Pitsburgh Pirates @ 912 St Louis Cardinals
(Starting Pitchers: J. McDonald vs J. Westbrook)
Even after a blown save that resulted in a loss last night against Arizona, St Louis has won 15 of their last 19 home games. They'll start a very important series against Pittsburgh and so, they will be fully focused on tonight's contest for sure. The Pirates will start McDonald tonight and they have lost on his last four starts. He had 6 days of rest for this contest, but he also had 5 days of rest before facing San Diego and he got outplayed on that contest. The truth is that McDonald is a mess since the All Star break and he only had one game after the break where his FIP was lower than 5.00! After a 1st half of the season where he had a 2.37 ERA and .570 OPS, he is now on the 2nd half posting a 8.71 ERA and .992 OPS! With him now facing a motivated team of the Cards on the road, fully focused to crush him, I can only expect McDonald to have another very hard outing tonight.
St Louis will start Westbrook and he has just allowed three earned runs on his last two starts in a combined of 13.2 IP! He is being very solid and he is a very good GB pitcher, always ready to outsmart RH batters in the mount. This will be the fourth time Westbrook will pitch against Pittsburgh and in the previous times, he posted a xFIP of 3.32, 3.47, 2.64, very good numbers that show that he should be able to outplay the Pirates' lineup tonight. But even if that doesn't happen, the Cardinals' dominance over McDonald should be too big for the Pirates to counter with any kind of decent offense tonight. Therefore, I'll be taking St. Louis in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 912 St Louis Cardinals ML (w/ J. Westbrook) @ -151 / 1.66 on Betonline
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