The St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros meet Tuesday in MLB action from Minute Maid Park. Here’s a Houston Astros 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 bets for the game.
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
The Cardinals took on the Philadelphia Phillies in their weekend series. St. Louis lost the first two games of that set 4-2 and 6-1 but managed a 5-4 win on Sunday to stave off the sweep. On Monday versus Houston, the Cardinals gave up four runs in the eighth during a tough loss 7-4. Starter Kyle Gibson finished with 5.2 innings, three earned, five hits, three walks and eight Ks.
In the starting pitcher role for the Cardinals on Tuesday it’ll be Andre Pallante. This year Pallante is 1-1 with a 3.94 ERA and 10 Ks in 16.0 innings over 10 games (one start). Pallante is 11-7 with a 3.80 career ERA in 119 games (11 starts).
Houston Astros Betting Preview
Over on the Astros’ side, they played the Minnesota Twins in their weekend series. Houston powered out a 5-2 win in the Saturday game two, but otherwise lost 6-1 and 4-3 to drop the series. On Monday the Astros posted nine team hits in the victory. Justin Verlander gave up four earned runs on seven hits and two walks in 5.0 innings during the start.
It’ll be Spencer Arrighetti in the starter role for the Astros on Tuesday. This year so far Arrighetti is 3-5 with a 5.98 ERA over nine starts (the first nine starts of his career). He’s got 51 Ks in 43.2 innings.
Cardinals vs Astros Injury Notes
Astros SP Luis Garcia (elbow) threw 20 pitches in a simulated inning Friday.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Cardinals’ last seven night games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Ten of the Astros’ last 11 games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Cardinals’ last three games.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Astros’ last three games.
Houston Astros Player Prop Facts
- Alex Bregman has hit a home run in four of the Astros’ last five games.
- Yordan Alvarez has recorded a Double in three of the Astros’ last four home games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Jose Altuve has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last four appearances against the Cardinals.
- Alex Bregman has scored at least one run in each of his last four appearances against the Cardinals after playing the previous day.
- Yordan Alvarez has recorded at least one hit in each of the Astros’ last nine home games.
- Kyle Tucker has recorded at least one Single in each of the Astros’ last six night games against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Kyle Tucker has recorded at least one total base in each of the Astros’ last nine night games against opponents that held a losing record.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Alec Burleson has hit a home run in each of the Cardinals’ last two games as underdogs.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one RBI in six of his last seven appearances with the Cardinals as road underdogs against AL opponents.
- Paul Goldschmidt has scored a run in each of the Cardinals’ last seven road games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Willson Contreras has recorded a Double in each of his last three appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
- Brandon Crawford has recorded at least one Single in each of his last seven appearances with his team as an underdog against the Astros.
- Brandon Crawford has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 14 appearances against the Astros.
- Brandon Crawford has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 14 appearances against the Astros.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Houston Astros rank 1st in the league for strikeouts against this season (418).
- The Houston Astros rank 2nd in the league for hits this season (539).
- The St. Louis Cardinals rank 28th in the league for runs scored this season (225).
- The St. Louis Cardinals rank T28th in the league for RBI’s this season (212).
Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction
I’ll try the Cardinals here. This one’s probably a coin flip, though. Pallante has done pretty well over his last three outings. In that trio he’s 1-0 with two earned runs in 10.0 innings on 11 hits and four walks. As for Arrighetti, he’s coming off 6.0 clean frames versus the Mariners in a win, but did given up seven earned over his previous 11.1 frames.
On Monday the Cardinals still had things under control in the bottom of the eighth inning but couldn’t hang on due to a series of unfortunate events. St. Louis has four or more runs in four of the last six games though, so I think they’ve got a decent shot Tuesday.