St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Betting Picks, Odds, Lines & Predictions

The St. Louis Cardinals will be going up against the San Diego Padres on Sunday, May 16th at 8:30 pm EST in Petco Park, San Diego for game three of their baseball betting series. The Cards have a 1-0 lead after winning game two 2-1 and they are looking to take a commanding 2-0 lead with this win tonight. They had some success last night when Tommy Edman drove in Kolten Wong from second base with an RBI groundout to score the go-ahead run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The San Diego Padres have won four of the last five games against the St. Louis Cardinals, including two wins this weekend.The Padres will try to complete their series sweep against the Cardinals in San Diego this Sunday night.

St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Betting Odds, Line Movement

The San Diego Padres are favored to win this match-up at home, but early traction on the Cardinals has slightly decreased their chances. The Cardinals are a betting underdog in eleven of the twenty one games they have played this season.

Notes On The St. Louis Cardinals

Kwang Hyun Kim has a good start. He’s given up two runs over five innings in each game. The Cardinals are 5-0 in the games that Kim has pitched.

The Cardinals dropped the 2019 MLB season’s opener to the Padres on Saturday.St. Louis lost to San Diego on Sunday evening by a final score of 13-3, dropping 1-3 over the team’s last four games since going 4-0 in its previous four games. The offense has averaged only three runs per game over this current four-game slump while scoring just nine total runs in that span.

Despite their recent skid, the Cardinals have opened up a three-game lead over their rivals in the Central Division with a 23-17 record on the season.St. Louis ranks sixth in the National League in runs scored with 4.43 runs per game, at 177 for 40 games played.

Notes On The San Diego Padres

Ryan Weathers has only pitched more than three innings twice in his eight appearances this season.The 22-year-old rookie has been virtually unhittable with a sensational 0.81 ERA and a 0.72 WHIP across 22 innings pitched. Weathers is usually only going to last for a couple of innings, but it’s worth having him in your lineup when he pitches.

In Saturday’s matchup, the San Diego Padres’ Austin Nola went 3-for-5 with a run and six RBI as the Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3. The Padres are now 5-1 over their last six games and have averaged 7.33 runs per game over that six-game stretch while allowing only 2.5 runs per game.”

San Diego’s recent surge is because of the good team they have. Players like Fernando Tatis Jr., Wil Myers, and Eric Hosmer have all been sick with COVID-19. And other players like Jurickson Profar are also getting sick from contact tracing. The Padres have the bats out of the lineup, but they have won and still been able to score runs.

St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Betting Picks, Odds, Lines & Predictions

St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Betting Pick & Prediction:San Diego -122

San Diego’s makeshift lineup is hitting the ball well. Ryan Weathers will pitch against the Cardinals on Sunday night. This team has been struggling and I think that the Padres will win 3-0 if they continue to hit like this.

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