Baltimore Orioles vs St Louis Cardinals Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/12/2022

Game Time: 7:45 pm ET, Thursday, May 12, 2022

Venue:  Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

Where to Watch:  BSMW

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Orioles +160, Cardinals -190; Over/Under:  8.5 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Orioles +160, Cardinals -190; Over/Under:  8.5 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Orioles +180, Cardinals -225; Over/Under:  8.5 runs

 

Baltimore Orioles:  13-17 (4th place, AL East)

St Louis Cardinals:  16-13 (2nd place, NL Central)

 

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Baltimore Orioles:  7-3 last 10

St Louis Cardinals:  5-5 last 10

 

 

 

The Orioles are coming into this game with a 13-17 record overall and they are 4-10 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 5 of their last 6 games and are coming into this one on a 3 game winning streak. They just won their 3-game series against the Kansas City Royals 2-1 and they are playing the series finale of a 3-game series with the Cardinals on Thursday. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Thursday with the 2nd game still to be played on Wednesday. Spenser Watkins is the starting pitcher for them on Wednesday while there is no starting pitcher yet on the mound for them here on Thursday. They scored 14 runs in their last series averaging just over 4 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 9 runs against them averaging 3 runs allowed per game.

 

The Cardinals are coming into this game with a 16-13 record overall and they are 7-6 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 3 game losing streak. They just split their 4-game series against the San Francisco Giants 2-2 and they are playing the series finale of a 3-game series with the Orioles on Thursday night. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Thursday with the 2nd game still to be played on Wednesday. Miles Mikolas is the starting pitcher for them on Wednesday while Jordan Hicks will be on the mound for them here on Thursday. He is 1-2 with a 3.78 ERA this season. His team won their last 2 straight games this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 2 earned runs, 0 homers, and 2 BB with 5 strikeouts on 3 hits in 4.1 innings played against the San Francisco Giants. They scored 20 runs in their last series averaging 5 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 20 runs against them averaging 5 runs allowed per game.

 

The Cardinals are coming into this game after dropping the series opener of this series with the Orioles. The Orioles have been playing very well recently and have continued on their win streak into this series but their pitching is undecided right now as their starting rotation has gotten a little thin with all of the injuries. They keep on playing well in their games though but they have been overachieving for their team all season and their current pitching situation is bound to catch up to them here. The Cardinals will be hungry to bounce back here and they will not want to lose this series at home to the Orioles as the Cardinals are a much better team. The Cardinals have the better pitching here and they should get the win here at home. The best bet here is on the Cardinals on the runline.

 

Orioles Cardinals Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Thursday, May 12, 2022 (7:45 pm ET start time) is Cardinals 5 Orioles 3.

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Baltimore Orioles: 90-162 (-22.5 Units) ML in all games. 41-84 (-13.2 Units) ML in road games. 20-9 UNDER in all games.

St Louis Cardinals: 137-116 (+16.3 Units) ML in all games. 68-52 (+16.9 Units) ML when the money line is +125 to -125. 10-5 UNDER when the money line is +125 to -125.

 

 

Baltimore Orioles:  C. Ellis (SP) out for season - Shoulder. A. Wells (SP) Late July - Elbow. J. Means (SP) out for season - Elbow.

St Louis Cardinals:  A. Wainwright (SP) Out indefinitely - Illness. E. Sosa (SS) Out indefinitely - Illness. J. Flaherty (SP) Late May - Shoulder.

 

 

 

"Had a great slider tonight. He had a really good stuff against a great lineup. He showed some toughness." - Brandon Hyde on Kyle Bradish after his team’s win against the Cardinals on Tuesday.

 

 

"I'm not happy with it. Below average. They capitalized on a couple of bad pitches. It is what it is. On to the next one." - Packy Naughton on his performance in their loss against the Orioles on Tuesday.

 

 

 

Cedric Mullins (L) CF

Trey Mancini (R) DH

Anthony Santander (S) LF

Austin Hays (R) RF

Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B

Tyler Nevin (R) 3B

Jorge Mateo (R) SS

Robinson Chirinos (R) C

Chris Owings (R) 2B

 

Tommy Edman (S) 2B

Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B

Nolan Arenado (R) 3B

Juan Yepez (R) DH

Tyler O'Neill (R) LF

Dylan Carlson (S) RF

Yadier Molina (R) C

Harrison Bader (R) CF

Brendan Donovan (L) SS

 

 

Batting Average:  Austin Hays (.312)

Hits:  Austin Hays (34)

Home Runs:  Cedric Mullins (5)

RBI:  Ryan Mountcastle (16)

Stolen Bases:  Jorge Mateo (9)

Wins:  Jorge Lopez (3)

Saves:  Jorge Lopez (4)

ERA:  Cionel Perez (0.00)

 

Batting Average:  Juan Yepez (.455)

Hits:  Nolan Arenado (34)

Home Runs:  Nolan Arenado (7)

RBI:  Nolan Arenado (24)

Stolen Bases:  Harrison Bader (7)

Wins:  Steven Matz (3)

Saves:  Giovanny Gallegos (6)

ERA:  Ryan Helsley (0.00)

 

Managers:

Baltimore Orioles: Brandon Hyde (4th season)

St Louis Cardinals: Oliver Marmol (1st season)