The Philadelphia Phillies look to stay hot and win their fourth game in a row when they face the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday Night Baseball. Philadelphia cruised to a 6-1 win over St. Louis on Saturday night. The Cardinals (27-29), who are seven games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central Division, are 5-8 against the NL East this season. The Phillies (41-18), who lead the National League East by 7.5 games over the Atlanta Braves, are 9-7 against the NL Central.
The game is slated to begin at 7:10 p.m. ET from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Phillies are batting .257 as a team, fourth-best in MLB, while the Cardinals are hitting .233, 20th-best. Philadelphia is a -140 favorite on the money line (risk $140 to win $100) in the latest Phillies vs. Cardinals odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over-under for total runs scored is 9.5. Before making any Cardinals vs. Phillies picks, be sure tosee the MLB predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's proven computer model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every MLB game 10,000 times. It enters Week 10 of the 2024 MLB season on a 125-100 run on top-ratedMLB picksdating back to last season, and it has excelled on top-rated run-line picks during that span, going 20-8 (+708). Anybody following has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Phillies vs. Cardinals and just locked in its picks and MLB predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model's picks. Here are severalMLB oddsand betting lines for Cardinals vs. Phillies:
- Cardinals vs. Phillies money line: St. Louis +119, Philadelphia -140
- Cardinals vs. Phillies over-under: 9.5 runs
- Cardinals vs. Phillies run line: Philadelphia -1.5 (+138)
- STL: The Cardinals have hit the team total under in 28 of their last 47 games (+6.90 units)
- PHI: The Phillies have hit the team total over in 34 of their last 47 games (+19.35 units)
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Why you should back the Phillies
First baseman Bryce Harper is among Philadelphia's top hitters and has destroyed Cardinals pitching this series. He was 2-for-4 with a double in Friday's 4-2 win over St. Louis and followed that up with a 2-for-3 performance on Saturday with a homer, two RBI and three runs scored. In 54 games this season, he is batting .276 with 10 doubles, 14 homers, 44 RBI and 35 runs scored. In 65 career games against St. Louis, he is hitting .326 with 22 doubles, 13 homers and 51 RBI.
Catcher J.T. Realmuto has also been flexing his offensive muscle. In 47 games this season, he is batting .272 with eight doubles, one triple, seven homers, 20 RBI and 28 runs scored. He has hits in 17 of his last 19 games, including two three-hit games during that stretch. Over the last four weeks, Realmuto is hitting .317 with 36 total bases across the 18 games.See which team to pick here.
Why you should back the Cardinals
Right-hander Lance Lynn (2-3, 3.45 ERA) will take the mound for St. Louis. He has been solid this season, allowing no more than four earned runs in any of his 11 starts. In a 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on May 22, Lynn pitched six innings, allowing two hits, one run -- none earned -- with no walks and five strikeouts. In five career starts against Philadelphia, he is 2-1 with a 3.07 ERA in 29.1 innings of work.
Offensively, shortstop Masyn Winn is among the Cardinals' top hitters. In 51 games, he is hitting .301 with 11 doubles, two triples, two homers and 19 RBI. In Wednesday's 5-3 win at Cincinnati, he was 3-for-4 with an RBI. He has three multi-hit games over the past nine games. In a 7-6 win over the Chicago Cubs, he was 2-for-4 with a double and one RBI. In nine career games against the Phillies, he has a double and two RBI.See which team to pick here.
How to make Phillies vs. Cardinals picks
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