The San Diego Padres are playing for the first time this season while the St. Louis Cardinals are coming off a win. The Cardinals are coming off a win in their previous game, while the Padres are looking to get back on track from a loss to the Padres. First pitch is set for 9:40 ET.

Cardinals vs Padres

The Cardinals and Padres split the first two games of this series, but it was the Cardinals who got the upper hand in the most recent game, winning by a score of 6-2. Heading into the game, the Cardinals were the slight underdogs at +104.

Kyle Gibson got the win for the Cardinals, going seven innings and giving up two earned runs. Both of the Cardinals’ home runs came off the bat of Brendan Donovan, who finished the game with three runs scored. Willson Contreras also had a two-RBI game.

Matt Waldron got the start for the Padres, and while he went four innings and gave up four earned runs, he didn’t take the loss. That went to Matt Waldron, who gave up two homers and four hits in his seven innings of work.

Miles Mikolas Gets The Start For The Cardinals

Miles Mikolas will get his second start of the season on Saturday when the St. Louis Cardinals take on the San Diego Padres. Mikolas is coming off a rough season debut where he gave up five runs in just 4 1/3 innings against the Dodgers. He’ll look to bounce back in his first road start of the season.

Cardinals Offense Breakdown

When looking at the Cardinals’ player projections for today’s game, we see that Nolan Gorman has the best chance to hit a home run for St. Louis, as his home run projection is 13th best in the league. Paul Goldschmidt has the 2nd highest total hits projection for the Cardinals and his home run projection is 16th best in the league. Willson Contreras has the 2nd best odds to hit a home run for the Cardinals and his home run projection is 14th best in the league. Brendan Donovan has the top hits projection for the Cardinals and his home run projection is 19th best in the league.

Yu Darvish Gets The Start For The Padres

Yu Darvish will be making his third start of the season for the San Diego Padres as they host the St. Louis Cardinals. In his first two starts, Darvish has yet to earn a decision, but he has been solid, allowing just one earned run in each outing. He has gone five innings in each of his first two starts, and he will look to build on that as he faces the Cardinals.

Padres Offense Breakdown

For the Padres, we have Xander Bogaerts with the highest total hits projection on the team, which is 16th best in the league today. Manny Machado has the 2nd highest total hits projection on the team, and his home run projection is the best on the team and 10th best in the league today. Fernando Tatis Jr. has the 2nd best home run projection on the team and 17th best in the league. Luis Campusano has the 2nd best home run projection on the team and 17th best in the league today.

 

Cardinals vs Padres Prediction

 

We see the Padres taking this one at home by a score of 5-4. With the money line sitting at -137, this is the way we recommend playing this one, as opposed to the over/under, which is at 7.5 runs.

Looking at the starting pitchers, Yu Darvish is projected to finish with six strikeouts compared to Miles Mikolas with just four. Darvish is also projected to go deeper into the game, and we have him finishing with more strikeouts.

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