10* CENTRAL DIV. GAME OF MONTH (+$20K MLB!)
(MLB) Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis,
Money Line: -163.00 St. Louis (Home)
Result: Win
10* Cardinals (CENTRAL DIVISION GOM)

St. Louis had a three-game win streak going until yesterday's 6-3 upset loss as a -183 favorite. I like the Cards to bounce back here in the finale of this four game series though on Sunday. The Pirates hand the ball to Mitch Keller, who is 1-0 with a 3.57 ERA so far. The home side counters with Miles Mikolas, who is 0-1 with a 10.05 ERA after alowing six runs over five innings at Coors Field in his last outing: "In some odd parallel universe, I'm not super upset with today," said Mikolas afterwards. "The team won. The offense really picked me up. We made some great defensive plays. This is a team game. I didn't pitch as well as I would have liked to or anyone would have liked me to, but some days you have bad games. I don't get the win, the team does. The way we've been scuffling out of the gate, that's just the most important thing." St. Louis was an uncharacteristic 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position in Saturday's loss and it left nine runners on base. Don't expect that to happen again here. Look for Mikolas to settle down at home and for the Cardinals to salvage the finale of this four-game set; lay the price, the play is St. Louis!

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