Cleveland Guardians (22-28) vs St. Louis Cardinals (23-30)
Game Info: Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 7:15 pm (Progressive Field)
Tanner Bibee (1-1) (3.18) vs Jack Flaherty (3-4) (5.29)
Betting Odds: Cleveland Guardians -110 / St. Louis Cardinals -110 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Cleveland Guardians in Game 2 of their series on Saturday night at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Cardinals Preview
The St. Louis Cardinals are 23-30 this season and they have won four of their last seven games. Prior to losing the first game in this series, St. Louis split a four game series with the Reds. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 4.39 ERA, a 1.45 WHIP, and a .268 opponent batting average this season. The Cardinals offense has scored 266 runs with a .261 batting average and a .335 on base percentage. Nolan Gorman is batting .289 with 13 home runs and 40 RBI’s for the Cardinals. The projected starting pitcher for St. Louis is Jack Flaherty, who is 3-4 with a 5.29 ERA and a 1.59 WHIP over 51.0 innings pitched this year.
Guardians Preview
The Cleveland Guardians are 22-28 this season and they have lost five of their last seven games. Cleveland won Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-3 on Friday night. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.84 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .251 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 173 runs with a .225 batting average and a .297 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .266 with six home runs and 25 RBI’s for the Guardians. The projected starting pitcher for Cleveland is Tanner Bibee, who is 1-1 with a 3.18 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP over 28.1 innings pitched this season.
Trends
St. Louis is 6-0 in their last 6 games following a loss and 22-10 in their last 32 Saturday games. The over is 7-4 in St. Louis’ last 11 road games. Cleveland is 3-5 in their last 8 games and 4-11 in their last 15 game two’s of a series. The under is 20-5-2 in Cleveland’s last 27 home games. The under is 5-1 in these two teams last 6 head to head meetings in Cleveland.
Pick
The Guardians continue to struggle offensively, but their pitching staff has a top 10 team ERA in the MLB. St. Louis has a very good offensive attack, but their pitching staff has started the year on the wrong foot. The Cardinals will start Jack Flaherty, who has allowed three earned runs or fewer in three straight starts. The Guardians will start Tanner Bibee, who has allowed two earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts. I like the under in this game.
David’s Pick Under 8.5
AUTHOR: David Racey
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