San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction MLB Picks 6/20/24 (2024)

Cardinals Looking to Bounce Back

The St. Louis Cardinals are 36-37 this season and they have lost three of their last five games. St. Louis is coming off of a series loss against the Marlins, where they lost two out of three games. Prior to that series, the Cardinals won two out of three against the Cubs, won two out of three against the Pirates, and split four games with the Rockies. St. Louis is 5-3 in their last eight games and they are second on the NL Central standings.

The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.93 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average. The Cardinals offense has scored 287 runs with a .236 batting average and a .304 on base percentage. Nolan Gorman is batting .202 with 16 home runs and 34 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. St. Louis has scored four runs or more in seven of their last twelve games.

Starting Pitchers

The projected starting pitcher for San Francisco is Keaton Winn, who is 3-7 with a 6.66 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP over 52.2 innings pitched this season. Winn has allowed at least five earned runs in four of his last five starts and has only gone more than 4.1 innings once in that span. The projected starting pitcher for St. Louis is Andre Pallante, who is 2-3 with a 4.61 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP over 27.1 innings pitched this year. Pallante has allowed one earned run or fewer in three of his last four starts, but only went 3.1 innings against the Cubs in his last start.

Why the St. Louis Cardinals will win

The Cardinals have won each of their last five night games against NL West opponents following a loss.The Giants have lost four of their last five games against the Cardinals following a loss.The Cardinals have covered the run line in each of their last five night games against NL West opponents following a loss.The Giants have failed to cover the run line in four of their last five night games against the Cardinals following a loss.

Total Runs Facts

Eight of the Cardinals' last 10 games against National League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.Four of the Giants' last five games against National League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.The 'Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Giants' last five night games against National League opponents.

San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction

Both of these teams come into this series after dropping two out of three games earlier in the week, but they will try and bounce back here. St. Louis is second in the NL Central and they have played very well over the last few weeks. The Cardinals should have a solid day at the plate here, as Keaton Winn is starting for the Giants, who has been awful this season. San Francisco has a similar record to St. Louis, but they are fourth in the NL West. St. Louis is starting Pallante, who has been decent as a starter, but doesn’t last very deep into games. I absolutely cannot back Winn with how he is pitching, so my San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals prediction is for the Cardinals to win.