Giants Vs Cardinals: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – May 15, 2022

The San Francisco Giants (20-13) and St. Louis Cardinals (18-15) square off at Busch Stadium on Sunday at 7:00 PM ET to break a 1-1 series tie. San Francisco’s (-136 to win) Carlos Rodon and St. Louis’ (+117) Adam Wainwright will start this matchup.

The insights in the following article reference odds valid as of May 15, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET.

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Giants vs Cardinals Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Giants Probable Starter Carlos Rodón

• Rodon (4-1) takes the mound for the Giants in his seventh start of the season. He’s put together a 1.80 ERA in 35 innings pitched, with 53 strikeouts.
• His most recent appearance came on Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies, when the left-hander went 6 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up six hits.
• The 29-year-old has an ERA of 1.80, with 13.6 strikeouts per nine innings, in six games this season.
• Rodon is aiming for his fourth straight quality start.
• He will face a Cardinals offense that ranks 15th in the league with 142 runs while batting .239 as a squad. It has a collective .380 slugging percentage (13th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 29 home runs (18th in MLB).
• Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 29-year-old ranks ninth in ERA (1.80), eighth in WHIP (.914), and second in K/9 (13.6).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 15, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Cardinals Probable Starter Adam Wainwright

• The Cardinals will hand the ball to Wainwright (3-3) for his seventh start of the season.
• The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday, May 4, when he allowed one hit in 7 2/3 scoreless innings against the Kansas City Royals.
• The 40-year-old has an ERA of 3.18, a 2.154 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.294 in six games this season.
• In six starts this season, he’s earned three quality starts.
• The Giants have scored 163 runs this season, which ranks fifth in MLB. They have 268 hits, seventh in baseball, with 33 home runs (11th in the league).
• The 40-year-old’s 3.18 ERA ranks 33rd, 1.294 WHIP ranks 48th, and 7.4 K/9 ranks 37th among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 15, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Giants Betting Trends

• The Giants have won 69.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (18-8).
• San Francisco has a record of 11-5 in games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -136 or shorter (68.8%).
• The Giants have a 57.6% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• San Francisco has played in 33 games with a set over/under, and has combined with their opponents to go over the total 17 times (17-15-1).
• The Giants have put together a 19-14-0 record ATS this season (covering 57.6% of the time).

Cardinals Betting Trends

• The Cardinals have won eight, or 50%, of the 16 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• St. Louis is 2-3 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +117 or more on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cardinals have a 46.1% chance to win.
• Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 16 of 33 chances this season.
• The Cardinals have an ATS record of 18-15-0 in 33 games with a spread this season.

Giants Players to Watch

• Thairo Estrada has racked up a team-high .350 slugging percentage, while batting .242 with seven doubles, two home runs and five walks.
• Estrada ranks 84th in batting average, 142nd in on base percentage, and 120th in slugging among qualified hitters in MLB action.
• Wilmer Flores has six doubles, three home runs and 11 walks while batting .267.
• Among qualified hitters, Flores’ batting average ranks 59th, his on-base percentage ranks 69th, and he is 78th in the league in slugging.
• Brandon Crawford is batting .214 with five doubles, three home runs and 13 walks.
• Brandon Belt has two doubles, a triple, four home runs and 15 walks while hitting .262. He has 22 hits with a .382 on-base percentage to pace his team in both.

Giants Batting Stats (2022)

Cardinals Players to Watch

• Nolan Arenado has 38 hits to go with a slugging percentage of .582, both of which are best among St. Louis hitters this season.
• Among all qualifying hitters, Arenado is 13th in batting average, his on-base percentage is 25th, and he is seventh in slugging percentage.
• Tommy Edman is batting .276 with a .440 slugging percentage and 17 RBI this year.
• Among all qualified hitters, Edman ranks 45th in batting average, 28th in on-base percentage and 55th in slugging percentage.
• Paul Goldschmidt leads St. Louis with an OBP of .384 this season while batting .298 with 17 walks and 18 runs scored.
• Harrison Bader has three home runs, 10 RBI and a batting average of .233 this season.

Cardinals Batting Stats (2022)

Giants vs Cardinals Player Props

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