Pirates-Cardinals Free Pick - August 30

You can bet Thursday's Pirates vs. Cardinals game online with Pittsburgh at 100 and St. Louis at -120.   The total is either 7.5 or 8 depending on the book.

Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCHUP: Pirates RH Joe Musgrove (5-7, 3.56 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH John Gant (5-5, 3.56)

Musgrove had a string of five straight quality starts come to an end Friday at Milwaukee, which got to him for four runs in four innings. 

Gant lasted a season high-tying seven innings while allowing one run in a no-decision at Colorado on Saturday. It marked the seventh time in his last eight starts that he has yielded two earned runs or fewer.

Hot Trends

Pittsburgh is 3-8 in the last 11 meetings.

The last three meetings have resulted in 7 or fewer runs scored.  This has occurred in six of the last ten games between these two teams.

Free Pick

We will be on the UNDER 8 here as these two starters have been outstanding of late and both are coming off outings where they did not win.

Our Record So Far

Current 2018 MLB Record: 40-33 (54.8%)

2018 NBA Record: 12-4-1 (75%)

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