{"id":2731,"date":"2018-04-27T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:32","slug":"friday-night-mlb-cardinals-at-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/friday-night-mlb-cardinals-at-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night MLB: Cardinals at Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An important series inside the <strong>NL Central<\/strong> gets underway Friday night when the St. Louis Cardinals visit the Pittsburgh Pirates. The two teams are separated by just 1.5 games inside a crowded NL Central.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The St. Louis Cardinals are -136 on Friday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis heads to the <strong>Steel<\/strong> <strong>City<\/strong> with a fair amount of momentum. The Cards are coming off a 13-inning comeback win over the might Mets on Thursday, giving them 10 wins in their last 12 games. Of course, seven of those 10 wins came against the lowly Reds.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Pirates<\/strong>, meanwhile, have lost seven of their last 10 games, despite taking the last two games of their series against the Tigers. Outside of scoring 18 runs during Wednesday\u2019s doubleheader with the Tigers, the Pirates have been inept offensively during that 10-game span.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"surprise-surprise\"><strong>Surprise, Surprise<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Friday\u2019s starter for the Cardinals, <strong>Miles Mikolas,<\/strong> has been one of the team\u2019s biggest surprises early in the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/cardinals-sign-miles-mikolas-to-2-year-deal\/c-262884178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">After spending three years in Japan,<\/a> Mikolas has returned to the big leagues and gone 3-0 with a 3.46 ERA in his first four starts of the season. That being said, two of those wins came against the Reds. In two starts against the <strong>Brewers<\/strong>, he allowed eight runs over 12 innings, which is far less impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Facing the Pirates will certainly be more difficult than the Reds for <strong>Mikolas<\/strong>. Despite Pittsburgh\u2019s struggles over the last 10 days, the Pirates have scored the second-most runs in the National League this season. The likes of Starling Marte, Corey Dickerson, Colin Moran, and most surprisingly, <strong>Francisco<\/strong> <strong>Cervelli<\/strong> have all had impressive starts to the season. Pittsburgh doesn\u2019t have the deepest lineup, but they have enough guys to challenge Mikolas more than the Reds have in his last two starts.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"give-me-the-lefty\"><strong>Give Me the Lefty<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Pirates<\/strong> will send the only lefty in their rotation, <strong>Steven<\/strong> <strong>Brault<\/strong>, to the mound to face the Cardinals Friday night. He\u2019s been inconsistent from one start to the next this season, going 2-1 with a 4.44 ERA. But while his overall numbers are mediocre, opposing batters are hitting just .221 against him this year. Brault\u2019s biggest problem has been hurting himself with walks. If he can fix that problem, he should be more consistent and able to get deeper into games.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively, a slew of Cardinals has disappointed this season, most notably Dexter Fowler, Matt Carpenter, and Kolten Wong. However, the Cardinals could end up <strong>sitting<\/strong> a couple of those against Brault in favor of right-hand hitters. <strong>St<\/strong>. <strong>Louis<\/strong> is also getting a ton of production out of Tommy Pham, Paul DeJong, and others.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"red-birds-staying-red-hot\"><strong>Red Birds Staying Red Hot<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Cardinals<\/strong> have found a groove, and a trip to Pittsburgh this weekend isn\u2019t going to change that. Neither starter in this matchup is likely to deliver an ace-like performance, so Mikolas and Brault should balance each other out. Meanwhile, St. Louis has the better bullpen and a lineup that\u2019s starting to put it together.\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Take the STL Cardinals -136 on Friday.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet on MLB at BETUS<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have Friday Night action in MLB as the St. Louis Cardinals are at the Pittsburgh Pirates.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friday Night MLB: Cardinals at Pirates - 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