Pirates vs. Cardinals Odds & Betting Predictions - May 21, 2026

Pirates at Cardinals

5:15 pm • CARD

Pittsburgh Pirates

26-25

6 - 2

St. Louis Cardinals

28-21

pitcher		team	era	w-l
D.May			5.00	3-5
B.Ashcraft			2.89	3-2

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 26-25	-1.5	-1.5+143	o7-113	-121
Cardinals 28-21	u7.5	+1.5-173	u7-108	+101

Thursday 5:15 p.m.

May 21, 2026

Busch StadiumSt. Louis

Under 9.5 (Live)-145

PIT -1.5+150

1.13u

PIT -117

PIT -116

Under 4 (F5)-130

D.May o17.5 Outs-132

1.32u

Under 0.5 (1st Inn)-138

1.38u

B.Ashcraft o5.5 Ks+127

D.May u17.5 Outs+110

0.5u

J.Walker o1.5 Total Bases+130

$1.00

O.Cruz o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-105

$1.00

B.Lowe o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs+100

D.May u17.5 Outs+120

Under 8-115

1.15u

+15.64U L10 Days🔥📈

Under 8-115

0.58u

Bet to 7.5 (-112)

Over 7.5-112

0.5u

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MLB Public Betting

Cardinals are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Cardinals are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cardinals are 15-8 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Cardinals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 13 of Cardinals' 26 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	30-19	15-11	15-8	3-3	27-16
Pirates	27-24	13-13	14-11	16-12	10-12

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cardinals	22-24-3	13-12-1	9-12-2	2-4	20-20-3
Pirates	27-22-2	16-10	11-12-2	17-11	9-11-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	28-21	13-13	15-8	3-3	25-18
Pirates	26-25	13-13	13-12	17-11	8-14

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 20th	PIT	L 0-7	+1.5 L	U 7.5	PIT -117
May 19th	PIT	W 9-6	+1.5 W	O 8	STL -113
May 17th	KC	L 0-2	+1.5 L	U 9.5	KC -120
May 16th	KC	W 4-2	-1.5 W	U 9	STL -112
May 16th	KC	W 5-4	+1.5 W	O 8.5	STL -108

Jared Jones
SP
Jones is out with elbow
Out

Lars Nootbaar
LF
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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RB.Ashcraft, P	98	7	9	1
RW.Dotel, P	29	1	2	1
LM.Montgomery, P	8	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1O.Cruz, CF	1-5	1	0	0
2B.Lowe, 2B	2-4	1	1	1
3B.Reynolds, LF	0-5	0	0	1
4S.Horwitz, 1B	1-3	1	0	0
5K.Griffin, SS	1-4	2	0	0
6M.Ozuna, DH	2-4	0	0	2
7J.Mangum, RF	1-4	0	0	1
8J.Triolo, 3B	1-4	0	0	0
9H.Davis, C	1-3	1	1	1

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RD.May, P	91	5.1	7	4
RG.Graceffo, P	2	0.2	0	0
LJ.Bruihl, P	16	0.2	0	2
RM.Svanson, P	19	1.1	1	0
RM.Pushard, P	7	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Wetherholt, 2B	0-4	0	0	0
2I.Herrera, DH	2-4	2	1	1
3A.Burleson, 1B	2-4	0	0	0
4J.Walker, RF	1-4	0	0	1
5N.Gorman, 3B	0-4	0	0	0
6M.Winn, SS	0-2	0	0	0
7J.Fermin, LF	1-4	0	0	0
8P.Pages, C	2-4	0	0	0
9V.Scott, CF	0-3	0	0	0
9Y.Pozo, PH	0-1	0	0	0