Pirates vs. Cardinals Odds & Betting Predictions - August 28, 2025

Pirates at Cardinals

6:15 pm • SportsNet PT

Pittsburgh Pirates

16-8

1 - 4

St. Louis Cardinals

12-9

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Mikolas			4.84	8-11
B.Ashcraft			2.71	4-4

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 16-8	-1.5	PK-109	o8-120	+102
Cardinals 12-9	u9	PK-108	u8+100	-120

Thursday 6:15 p.m.

August 28, 2025

Busch StadiumSt. Louis

Under 4.5 (F5)+100

B.Ashcraft u4.5 Hits Allowed-122

0.82u

B.Reynolds o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-130

O.Cruz o1.5 Total Bases+130

$1.00

Under 8.5-105

0.75u

Under 8.5+100

0.5u

Bet to -115

PIT -106 (F5)

0.53u

Ashcraft 26.5 K%, 58.1 GB%, 32.3 HardHit%, velo increase in 3 starts, Mikolas 15 Ks, 14 Barrels, 10 BB L7 starts - STL LU not 100% (71 team wRC+ L7 days, down to 98 on the year vs RHP) - projected defenses even.

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MLB Public Betting

Cardinals are 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Cardinals are 1-4 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cardinals are 39-42 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Cardinals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 39 of Cardinals' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	80-82	41-40	39-42	25-42	54-40
Pirates	90-72	48-33	42-39	19-26	69-45

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cardinals	81-74-7	39-39-3	42-35-4	33-29-5	47-45-2
Pirates	61-92-9	33-43-5	28-49-4	17-26-2	42-65-7

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	78-84	44-37	34-47	33-34	44-50
Pirates	71-91	44-37	27-54	22-23	48-66

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 27th	PIT	L 1-2	-1.5 L	U 7.5	PIT -174
Aug 26th	PIT	L 3-8	-1.5 L	O 8	PIT -126
Aug 25th	PIT	W 7-6	-1.5 L	O 8	STL -132
Aug 24th	@TB	L 2-7	+1.5 L	U 9	TB +125
Aug 22nd	@TB	L 6-10	+1.5 L	O 9	TB +117

Jose Urquidy
SP
Urquidy is out with arm
Out
Endy Rodriguez
1B
Rodriguez is out with elbow
Out
Jared Jones
SP
Jones is out with elbow
Out

Masyn Winn
SS
Masyn Winn (knee) has been scratched Friday.
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RB.Ashcraft, P	73	5.2	5	1
RY.Ramirez, P	16	0.2	0	3
RD.Moreta, P	14	0.2	1	0
RC.Holderman, P	14	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1S.Horwitz, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
2T.Pham, LF	1-4	1	1	1
3B.Reynolds, DH	0-3	0	0	0
4N.Gonzales, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
5O.Cruz, CF	0-2	0	0	0
6J.Bart, C	0-4	0	0	0
7J.Suwinski, RF	1-3	0	0	0
7J.Triolo, PH	1-1	0	0	0
8L.Peguero, SS	1-3	0	0	0
9I.Kiner-Falefa, 3B	0-3	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Mikolas, P	93	5	5	1
RK.Leahy, P	38	2	4	0
RR.O'Brien, P	13	1	0	0
LJ.Romero, P	12	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1L.Nootbaar, CF	3-4	1	0	0
1L.Nootbaar, LF	3-4	1	0	0
2I.Herrera, DH	1-4	0	0	1
3A.Burleson, LF	0-3	0	0	0
3N.Church, CF	0-0	0	0	0
4W.Contreras, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
5N.Gorman, 3B	0-4	0	0	0
6M.Winn, SS	0-3	1	0	0
7T.Saggese, 2B	2-3	1	0	1
8J.Walker, RF	1-3	1	1	2
9Y.Pozo, C	0-3	0	0	0