The Baltimore Orioles (29-16) take on the St. Louis Cardinals (21-26) Tuesday in the 2nd game of a 3-game set at Busch Stadium at 7:45 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Orioles vs. Cardinals odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Cardinals lead 1-0
The O’s were throttled Monday night in a 6-3 loss. They scored 3 runs, but they reached on 2 consecutive Cardinals errors before SS Gunnar Henderson hit a 3-run homer in the 6th inning. That was just 1 of 3 hits for Baltimore in the game. The O’s are still 6-4 over their last 10 games and sit 2 games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East.
The Cardinals had traffic on the bases early with runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs, and the heart of the order up in the 1st inning. The result was pop out, fly out (runner advanced to 3rd base) and fly out. They do this all the time, but things changed in the 4th when CF Michael Siani received a gift. What should have been called strike 3 was ruled a ball to keep him alive in the at-bat. The end result was a 3-run homer. In any event, the Cards are 6-2 in their last 8 games and averaging 6.1 runs per game during the stretch.