“St. Louis Cardinals” vs “Pittsburgh Pirates”: what are the teams' chances?
St. Louis - Pittsburgh. Prediction for the MLB match (25 July, 2020)
24/07/2020
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
“Pittsburgh” will arrive in St. Louis for a game against the local “Cardinals” on July 25. We offer our prediction for this match. How will it end?
St. Louis Cardinals
“St. Louis” was very good last year. The hosts entered the playoffs from the fourth place in the conference and in the first round knocked out "Atlanta" (3:2). In the semifinals, the “Cardinals” failed to show anything in the series against “Washington” (0: 4) and left the tournament.
“St. Louis” played only one game before the start of the new season. On the field, they won against “Kansas” (6:3). Jack Flaherty significantly improved his performance last season compared to 2018. In 196.1 innings, he made 231 strikeouts with a 0.97 WHIP.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
“Pittsburgh” passed and finished last season in the penultimate position in the National League. The “Pirates” won only 42.6% of the games, ranking second in the number of runs conceded (911).
In the pre-season, the visitors failed to win a single match. They played three games against “Cleveland” (3:5, 7:11 and 3:5) and in all lost. Joe Musgrove is hardly a strong pitcher. In 2019, he played a lot, but won only 11 of 23 scoring matches.
Statistics
- “St. Louis” has won 4 of its last 5 games against “Pittsburgh”.
- “Pittsburgh” hasn't won in “St. Louis” in four games in a row.
- The “Cardinals” has won 7 of their last 8 games on the field.
Our Prediction
“Pittsburgh” is one of the weakest teams in the National League. "St. Louis" is preparing to be in the leaders of the conference from the first games, now the hosts look much preferable to their opponent. We believe that Jack Flaherty will start the new season with a victory and offer to put on the first with a minus odds.
Our prediction is – victory of “St. Louis” with odds (-1) for 1.69 CF