The Athletics host the St. Louis Cardinals on May 12, 2026. First pitch from Sutter Health Park is scheduled for 9:40 p.m. EDT. The game will be broadcast on NBCS-CA.
The Athletics are favored by -148 on the moneyline and by -1.5 on the run line. The Cardinals are +126 on the moneyline and +1.5 on the run line. The total is set at 10 runs.
Find my MLB picks and Cardinals vs Athletics prediction below, as well as probable pitchers, weather report, and more.
Cardinals vs Athletics Prediction
- Cardinals vs Athletics Pick: Athletics Moneyline (-148, play to -155)
My Cardinals vs Athletics best bet is on Athletics to win outright. Make sure to find the best odds by checking our live MLB odds page.
Cardinals vs Athletics Odds
| Cardinals Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+1.5 -156 | 10 -105o / -115u | +126 |
| Athletics Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-1.5 +130 | 10 -105o / -115u | -148 |
- Cardinals vs Athletics moneyline: Cardinals +126, Athletics -148
- Cardinals vs Athletics over/under: 10 (-105o / -115u)
- Cardinals vs Athletics spread: Athletics -1.5 (+130), Cardinals +1.5 (-156)
Cardinals vs Athletics Probable Pitchers
| RHP Andre Pallante (STL) | Stat | LHP Jeffrey Springs (ATH) |
|---|---|---|
| 3-3 | W-L | 3-2 |
| 0.1 | fWAR (FanGraphs) | 0.6 |
| 4.34/4.45 | ERA / xERA | 3.89/3.50 |
| 4.83/4.52 | FIP / xFIP | 4.37/4.18 |
| 7.9% | K-BB% | 14.9% |
| 53.4% | GB% | 35.7% |
| .268 | BABIP | .256 |
| 95 | Stuff+ | 98 |
| 97 | Location+ | 105 |
Cardinals vs Athletics MLB Betting Preview
Editor’s note: This article was transcribed from the latest episode of the Payoff Pitch Podcast.
I'm taking the A's up to -155 for this matchup; I make them closer to -167. We’ve seen Jeffrey Springs get back to being a league-average starter this season: 3.8 xFIP, 3.4 xERA, and a SIERA of 4.00. So, he is right around the Major League average at worst, if not a little bit above.
The pitch modeling metrics confirm it: 103 Stuff+, and a 15% K-BB rate. Both of those are above the Major League average.
He is giving up a few homers, and the wind is blowing out very aggressively in Sacramento today toward left field, which hurts Springs probably more than it hurts Andre Pallante.
We know the one thing with Pallante is that he keeps the baseball on the ground, but this A's offense is significantly better than the Cardinals' offense.
I also prefer the A's bullpen pretty strongly over the Cardinals' bullpen. I lean toward the Over here; I make this total about 10.5. The market number is between 10 and 10.5—it's juiced at 10 to the Over and sitting around 10.5 flat elsewhere. I would expect it to eventually finish at 10.5.
Cardinals vs Athletics Pick, Betting Analysis
There is a pretty big starting pitching edge (No. 57 vs. No. 135 in my rankings), a bullpen edge, and a lineup edge.
I think the Cardinals have a defensive edge, and that's probably the only spot where they have the advantage.
I'll take the AL West-leading Athletics up to -155 for today.
Pick: Athletics Moneyline (-148, play to -155)
