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STL
St. Louis Cardinals
Mon, Aug 17
1:40 PM ET
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CIN
Cincinnati Reds
Our analysts — Vega & Scoop — weigh in about 3 hours before first pitch.

Starting Pitchers

STL starter Locked
6.00 ERA · 6.0 K/9
CIN starter Locked
5.12 ERA · 7.6 K/9

By the conditions

history for tonight's matchup

What's happened when these teams played in these exact conditions — vs the league average (the tick).

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Head to Head 2026 season

4
STL
5 games
10.8 avg runs
1
CIN

Team Data (season)

STLCIN
43-38Record39-43
4.47Runs / g4.27
4.57Runs allowed / g4.89
56%Scored first40%
35%Cover -1.534%
67%Cover +1.560%

Form & Market Trends

STL St. Louis Cardinals n 10/81/162
Winner & spread
L10 Szn Prev
Win 30% 53% 48%
Cover -1.5 10% 35% 32%
Cover +1.5 50% 67% 61%
Lead after 5 (F5 spread) 30% 44% 38%
Totals
L10 Szn Prev
Over 8.5 (game) 40% 46% 51%
Team over 4.5 30% 49% 43%
Team F5 over 2.5 30% 47% 38%
Run in 1st (RFI) 50% 46% 51%
Extra innings 0% 11% 7%
Race to N runs (first to score)
L10 Szn Prev
Race to 3 20% 47% 40%
Race to 4 10% 36% 35%
Race to 5 10% 37% 31%
Race to 6 10% 31% 26%
Race to 7 10% 20% 19%
CIN Cincinnati Reds n 10/82/164
Winner & spread
L10 Szn Prev
Win 40% 48% 51%
Cover -1.5 40% 34% 37%
Cover +1.5 60% 60% 64%
Lead after 5 (F5 spread) 30% 43% 40%
Totals
L10 Szn Prev
Over 8.5 (game) 60% 61% 44%
Team over 4.5 40% 40% 45%
Team F5 over 2.5 50% 40% 40%
Run in 1st (RFI) 30% 49% 49%
Extra innings 10% 12% 9%
Race to N runs (first to score)
L10 Szn Prev
Race to 3 30% 40% 49%
Race to 4 30% 40% 41%
Race to 5 30% 35% 36%
Race to 6 30% 29% 29%
Race to 7 10% 18% 20%

Cover -1.5 = won by 2+; Cover +1.5 = lost by ≤1 or won. F5 = first five innings. RFI = a run scored in the 1st. Race to N = team first to N runs. Descriptive; low-n splits are noisy.

Projected Lineups

Tap a batter for tonight's matchup splits — vs the opposing starter's hand, in the game's temperature, and at this park (vs their overall).

STL St. Louis Cardinals Probable

1 JJ Wetherholt L 0.752
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.274 0.745 8 60g
at Great American Ball Park 0.200 0.533 0 2g
Overall 0.265 0.752 12 77g
2 Iván Herrera R 0.798
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.280 0.778 21 187g
at Great American Ball Park 0.367 0.975 1 8g
Overall 0.279 0.798 34 260g
3 Alec Burleson L 0.778
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.288 0.818 46 277g
at Great American Ball Park 0.132 0.353 0 10g
Overall 0.279 0.778 52 371g
4 Jordan Walker R 0.689
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.228 0.651 19 175g
at Great American Ball Park 0.206 0.731 2 10g
Overall 0.240 0.689 29 241g
5 Lars Nootbaar L 0.725
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.239 0.719 20 197g
at Great American Ball Park 0.233 0.678 1 12g
Overall 0.242 0.725 27 264g
6 Masyn Winn R 0.688
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.258 0.689 19 250g
at Great American Ball Park 0.254 0.714 2 14g
Overall 0.257 0.688 27 352g
7 Nathan Church L 0.640
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.250 0.674 6 71g
at Great American Ball Park 0.100 0.282 0 3g
Overall 0.240 0.640 6 90g
8 Blaze Jordan R 0.697
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.194 0.445 0 9g
at Great American Ball Park no games
Overall 0.250 0.697 1 14g
9 José Fermín R 0.653
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.208 0.622 3 86g
at Great American Ball Park 1.000 5.000 1 2g
Overall 0.241 0.653 4 122g

CIN Cincinnati Reds Probable

1 Elly De La Cruz S 0.792
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.249 0.777 21 101g
at Great American Ball Park 0.282 0.848 30 190g
Overall 0.261 0.792 59 387g
2 Sal Stewart R 0.809
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.278 0.902 4 20g
at Great American Ball Park 0.230 0.754 8 50g
Overall 0.257 0.809 20 102g
3 Spencer Steer R 0.720
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.230 0.728 16 103g
at Great American Ball Park 0.234 0.745 33 193g
Overall 0.233 0.720 54 385g
4 JJ Bleday L 0.760
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.263 0.825 12 72g
at Great American Ball Park 0.292 1.075 9 29g
Overall 0.234 0.760 47 311g
5 Dane Myers R 0.666
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.265 0.785 8 67g
at Great American Ball Park 0.224 0.623 1 34g
Overall 0.244 0.666 12 212g
6 Noelvi Marte R 0.656
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.183 0.503 3 46g
at Great American Ball Park 0.218 0.610 10 92g
Overall 0.233 0.656 22 188g
7 Tyler Stephenson R 0.739
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.268 0.897 15 80g
at Great American Ball Park 0.237 0.728 18 142g
Overall 0.242 0.739 38 292g
8 Matt McLain R 0.640
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.230 0.712 8 58g
at Great American Ball Park 0.221 0.691 13 111g
Overall 0.213 0.640 23 225g
9 Edwin Arroyo S 0.640
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.200 0.400 0 4g
at Great American Ball Park 0.167 0.367 0 11g
Overall 0.279 0.640 0 22g

Injured List

STL (2 on IL)
CIN (7 on IL)