St. Louis Cardinals (37-37) vs San Francisco Giants (36-40)
Game Info: Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 2:15 pm (Busch Stadium)
The Line: Betting Odds: St. Louis Cardinals -122 / San Francisco Giants +103 — Over/Under:
The San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals meet Sunday in MLB action from Busch Stadium. Here’s a San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals prediction. This will be the final installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
• The San Francisco Giants recent form and player performance
• The St. Louis Cardinals recent form and player performance
• Recent betting trends and streaks involving the San Francisco Giants
• Recent betting trends and streaks involving the St. Louis Cardinals
• Recent betting trends in games played between the Giants and Cardinals
• A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Giants vs Cardinals game
San Francisco Giants Betting Preview
Early in the week the Giants took on the Chicago Cubs. San Francisco won the first installment of that set 7-6 but then dropped the next pair 5-2 and 6-5. San Francisco took a 6-5 loss to the Cardinals in Thursday’s opener, then on Saturday the Giants posted 10 team hits in a 9-4 loss. Jordan Hicks gave up five earned in 4.0 innings in the start.
In the starter slot for the finale the Giants will send out Logan Webb. This year Webb is 6-5 with a 2.99 ERA in 16 starts. Over his career Webb is 47-37 with a 3.35 ERA in 129 games (126 starts) total.
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
Over on the Cardinals’ side, they took on the Miami Marlins this week. St. Louis eked out a 7-6 win Monday then fell 9-8 and 4-3 in the next two outings. Following their tight win Thursday, in game two the Cards came back from an early 3-0 deficit and ended up powering out 13 team hits.
It’ll be Sonny Gray in the starting pitcher role for the Cardinals on Sunday. This year so far Gray is 8-4 with a 2.95 ERA in 13 starts. He has 95 Ks in 76.1 innings total. Gray is 106-89 with a 3.45 career ERA in 292 games (283 starts).
Giants vs Cardinals Pick Injury Notes
Cardinals SP Kyle Gibson (back) is likely to make his next scheduled start Tuesday versus the Braves.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Cardinals’ last six games as favorites against the Giants have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Eight of the Giants’ last nine games against NL Central opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last four games between the Giants and Cardinals.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Brendan Donovan has recorded at least one Single in seven of the Cardinals’ last eight games against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one total base in each of the Cardinals’ last 12 games against the Giants at Busch Stadium.
- Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one hit in each of the Cardinals’ last 12 games against the Giants at Busch Stadium.
- Sonny Gray has recorded a win in four of his last five appearances at Busch Stadium.
- Brendan Donovan has hit a home run in three of the Cardinals’ last four games against NL opponents.
- Willson Contreras has scored at least one run in each of his last seven home appearances.
- Sonny Gray has recorded eight or more strikeouts in three of his last four home appearances against NL opponents.
- Brendan Donovan has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Cardinals’ last five games against NL opponents.
- Willson Contreras has recorded a Double in four of his last five appearances in day games against NL teams that held a losing record.
San Francisco Giants Player Prop Facts
- Jorge Soler has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances against the Cardinals.
- Mike Yastrzemski has hit at least one home run in four of his last five appearances with the Giants as road underdogs against the Cardinals.
- Jorge Soler has scored at least one run in each of the Giants’ last six games.
- Logan Webb has recorded five or more strikeouts in 12 of his last 13 appearances against NL Central opponents.
- Mike Yastrzemski has recorded at least one RBI in four of his last five appearances with the Giants as underdogs against the Cardinals.
- Wilmer Flores has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
- Jung Hoo Lee has recorded at least one Single in seven of the Giants’ last eight road games against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Jorge Soler has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 10 appearances against the Cardinals after playing the previous day.
San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction
I’ll stay with the Cardinals, but I could go either way. Gray hasn’t been too bad over his last two outings. He’s 1-0 in that pair with three earned on nine hits and three walks in 14.2 combined frames. As for Webb, he’s been pretty solid as well with seven earned over his last 20.0 innings in three starts.
On Saturday the Cardinals got a couple of sizable offensive efforts in the victory, specifically from Alec Burleson (two homers; three runs; five RBI) and Paul Goldschmidt (homer; two RBI). Miles Mikolas (6.0 innings; four earned) was a little choppy in the beginning but overall it was a nice pitching effort. I like St. Louis to keep it going Sunday.