Cincinnati Reds (56-61) vs St. Louis Cardinals (60-58)
Game Info: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 6:40 pm (Great American Ball Park)
The Line: Betting Odds: Cincinnati Reds -115 / St. Louis Cardinals -102 — Over/Under:
The St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds meet Tuesday in MLB action from Great American Ball Park. Here’s a Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals prediction. This will be the second installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Reds vs Cardinals pick. We will examine:
The St. Louis Cardinals recent form and player performance
The Cincinnati Reds recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the St. Louis Cardinals
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Cincinnati Reds
Recent betting trends in games played between the Cardinals and Reds
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Cardinals vs Reds game
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
In their weekend series the Cardinals took on the Kansas City Royals. St. Louis managed a Friday win 8-5 but then lost 8-3 in game two. On Monday in the opener versus the Reds, the Cardinals had just five hits in a 6-1 loss. Starter Sonny Gray left after 5.0 innings and six earned runs.
In the starter slot for Tuesday’s game will be Erick Fedde. This year Fedde is 8-5 with a 3.28 ERA in 23 starts. In his career Fedde is 29-38 with a 4.93 ERA in 125 games (111 starts).
Cincinnati Reds Betting Preview
Over on the Reds’ side, they played the Milwaukee Brewers in their last series. Cincinnati lost the first two installments of that set 8-3 and 1-0, but staved off the sweep with a 4-3 win in the finale. On Monday the Reds scored three runs in two different innings. Andrew Abbott managed 6.2 innings with one earned as starter.
As starting pitcher for game two the Reds are going with Hunter Greene. This year Greene is 8-4 with a 2.90 ERA in 23 starts. Greene is 17-24 with a 3.99 ERA in 69 starts.
Total Runs Facts
- Fourteen of the Reds’ last 15 games as favorites against National League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the Cardinals’ last four games as underdogs against the Reds have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Reds’ last five games at Great American Ball Park.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Cardinals’ last three games against National League opponents.
Cincinnati Reds Player Prop Facts
- Hunter Greene has recorded a win in each of his last three appearances in night games against teams that held a winning record.
- Elly De La Cruz has hit at least one home run in three of the Reds’ last four games at Great American Ball Park against NL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Santiago Espinal has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 10 appearances with the Reds as favorites against NL opponents.
- Hunter Greene has recorded eight or more strikeouts in five of his last six appearances with the Reds as home favorites against NL Central opponents.
- Tyler Stephenson has scored a run in each of the Reds’ last four games as favorites.
- Jonathan India has recorded at least one Double in four of the Reds’ last five games as favorites against NL Central opponents.
- Elly De La Cruz has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Reds’ last four home games against NL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Santiago Espinal has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances with the Reds as favorites against NL opponents.
- Santiago Espinal has recorded at least one Single in each of his last six appearances with the Reds as favorites against NL opponents.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Masyn Winn has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances after playing the previous day.
- Brandon Crawford has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last three appearances with his team as an underdog against the Reds.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine appearances with the Cardinals as underdogs against NL Central opponents.
- Alec Burleson has recorded a Single in seven of his last eight appearances in night games against NL teams that held a losing record.
- Masyn Winn has hit a home run in three of the Cardinals’ last four night games against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one total base in each of his last nine appearances with the Cardinals as underdogs against NL Central opponents.
- Erick Fedde has recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his last three appearances with his team as a road underdog against NL opponents.
- Masyn Winn has scored at least one run in seven of the Cardinals’ last eight night games against NL opponents that held a losing record.
Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction
I’ll stay with the Reds. Greene had a few hiccups in his last start (6.0 innings; three earned) but overall he’s doing pretty well lately. Greene is 1-0 with a combined three earned in his last three starts over 19.0 innings. As for Fedde, he’s 1-2 with nine earned over 14.0 innings in his last trio.
On Monday the Reds didn’t have a huge offensive night outside of Spencer Steer and Elly De La Cruz. That duo combined for three homers, six RBI, four hits and three runs. The pitching was great too; only Jakob Junis (2.1 clean frames) came out of the pen. Cincinnati should be strong across the board for Tuesday.