Cardinals vs Nationals: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – April 13, 2021

The Washington Nationals (2-5) visit the St. Louis Cardinals (5-5) on Tuesday at 7:45 PM ET. The Nationals are  against the hosting Cardinals (). St. Louis’ Jack Flaherty and Washington’s Stephen Strasburg will take the mound first.

The betting insights and predictions in this article reflect betting data from DraftKings as of April 13, 2021, 2:00 AM ET. See table below for current betting odds and CLICK HERE to bet at DraftKings Sportsbook.

Cardinals vs Nationals Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Cardinals Probable Starter Jack Flaherty

• Flaherty (1-0) pitches first for the Cardinals to make his third start of the season.
• The righty last appeared on Wednesday against the Marlins, when he tossed six scoreless innings while giving up one hit.
• The Cardinals were the moneyline favorite for one Flaherty start this season — they won.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of April 13, 2021 at 2:05 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Nationals Stats vs Flaherty

Nationals Probable Starter Stephen Strasburg

• The Nationals will send Strasburg to the mound for his second start of the season.
• The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he threw six innings against the Braves without allowing a run.
• He has yet to start a game this season when his team was the moneyline underdog.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of April 13, 2021 at 2:05 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Cardinals Stats vs Strasburg

Cardinals Betting Trends

• Last season the Cardinals had the No. 28 offense in MLB action scoring 4.1 runs per game (240 total runs).
• The Cardinals put together a 12-12 record in games they were favored on the moneyline last season (winning 50% of those games).
• St. Louis finished 10-10 last year (winning 50% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -120 or shorter.
• St. Louis had an over/under set by bookmakers 52 times last year, and combined with opponents to go over the total in 21 of those games (21-27-4).

Nationals Betting Trends

• Last season, the Nationals won 12 out of the 29 games, or 41.4%, in which they were the underdog.
• Last season, Washington won 12 of its 27 games, or 44.4%, when they were the underdog by at least +102 on the moneyline.
• Washington’s games went over the total in 30 of their 56 chances last season.

Cardinals Players to Watch

• Paul Goldschmidt racked up a batting average of .304, while hitting six home runs last season.
• Goldschmidt ranked 19th in BA (.304), and sixth in OBP (.417) among the qualified hitters in baseball.
• Nolan Arenado hit eight home runs with 26 RBI last year.
• Among the qualifying batters in MLB action, Arenado’s hits and batting average fell outside of league leaders.

Cardinals Batting Stats (2020)

Nationals Players to Watch

• Juan Soto finished with a .351 batting average last season and 13 home runs.
• Soto’s .351 BA ranked second, his .454 OBP ranked first, his .695 SLG ranked 19th, and his 13 HR ranked 24th among qualified hitters in MLB.
• Trea Turner was a key run producer with a .335 average, 12 homers and 41 RBI.
• Turner ranked first in hits (78), fourth in BA (.335), 11th in SLG (.588), 13th in OBP (.394), and 15th in RBI (41) among qualified hitters in the majors.

Nationals Batting Stats (2020)

Cardinals vs Nationals Player Props

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