Cardinals Vs Reds: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – July 22, 2022

Nolan Arenado will look for his 100th hit of the season (he has 97) when his St. Louis Cardinals (50-44) square off against the Cincinnati Reds (34-57) on Friday at 6:40 PM ET. St. Louis (-146 to win) has Adam Wainwright starting things off, while Cincinnati (+124) counters Graham Ashcraft.

The betting facts in what follows reference odds valid as of July 22, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET.

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Cardinals vs Reds Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Cardinals Probable Starter Adam Wainwright

• Wainwright makes the start for the Cardinals, his 19th of the season. He is 6-7 with a 3.00 ERA and 89 strikeouts through 111 innings pitched.
• In his most recent time out on Wednesday, July 13 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the righty tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings while surrendering four hits.
• In 18 games this season, the 40-year-old has amassed a 3.00 ERA and 7.2 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .250 to his opponents.
• Wainwright enters the matchup with 10 quality starts under his belt this season.
• The opposing Reds offense has the 24th-ranked slugging percentage (.377) and is 23rd in MLB play with 84 home runs. It has a collective .240 batting average, and is 25th in MLB with 724 total hits and 18th in MLB action scoring 390 runs.
• The 40-year-old’s 3.00 ERA ranks 21st, 1.225 WHIP ranks 42nd, and 7.2 K/9 ranks 51st among qualifying pitchers this season.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 22, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Reds Stats vs Wainwright

Reds Probable Starter Graham Ashcraft

• The Reds’ Ashcraft (4-2) will make his 11th start of the season.
• The right-hander last pitched on Tuesday, July 12, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed seven hits in 5 2/3 innings against the New York Yankees.
• The 24-year-old has pitched in 10 games this season with an ERA of 4.45, a 2.667 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.354.
• In 10 starts this season, he’s earned five quality starts.
• The Cardinals rank eighth in MLB with a .251 batting average this season. They have a team slugging percentage that ranks 11th in the league (.403) and 99 home runs.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 22, 2022 at 5:26 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Cardinals Stats vs Ashcraft

Cardinals Betting Trends

• The Cardinals have gone 30-16 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 65.2% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -146 or shorter, St. Louis has a record of 16-10 (61.5%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 59.3%.
• St. Louis has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 94 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 44 of those games (44-46-4).
• The Cardinals have a 50-44-0 record against the spread this season.

Reds Betting Trends

• This season, the Reds have won 27 out of the 72 games, or 37.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• This season, Cincinnati has won 20 of its 52 games, or 38.5%, when they’re the underdog by at least +124 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 44.6% chance of a victory for the Reds.
• Cincinnati and its opponents have hit the over in 50 of their 91 games with a total this season.
• The Reds are 42-49-0 against the spread this season.

Cardinals Players to Watch

• Paul Goldschmidt has accumulated a team-best OBP (.414) and slugging percentage (.590), and leads the Cardinals in hits (112). He’s hitting .330 with 28 doubles, 20 home runs and 47 walks.
• Among qualified batters, Goldschmidt ranks second in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks first and he is fifth in slugging.
• Arenado has 21 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 33 walks while hitting .293.
• Among the qualified hitters, Arenado ranks 27th in batting average, 31st in on-base percentage, and 13th in slugging.
• Tommy Edman has 16 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 31 walks while hitting .259.
• Edman brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with three doubles and a walk.
• Dylan Carlson has 19 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 25 walks while batting .257.
• Carlson has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with two doubles, a triple, five walks and two RBI.

Cardinals Batting Stats (2022)

Reds Players to Watch

• Brandon Drury leads Cincinnati in OBP (.336), slugging percentage (.528) and total hits (86) this season.
• Among all the qualified hitters in the big leagues, Drury’s batting average ranks 39th, his on-base percentage is 65th, and he is 12th in slugging.
• Tommy Pham is slugging .391 while driving in 36 runs and batting .242 this season.
• Among all qualified hitters, Pham is 102nd in batting average, 73rd in on-base percentage and 110th in slugging percentage.
• Kyle Farmer leads Cincinnati with an OBP of .336 this season while batting .264 with 20 walks and 31 runs scored.
• Tyler Stephenson is batting .319 with a .372 OBP and 35 RBI for Cincinnati this season.

Reds Batting Stats (2022)

Cardinals vs Reds Player Props

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