St Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Pick Prediction by Tony T.
Cardinals at Pirates 6:40PM ET—Sonny Gray will start for St Louis. Gray has 28 starts in 2024 delivered an ERA of 3.84 with WHIP of 1.09. The veteran had an elite 30.3% K rate with 5.8% walks. Ground balls sat at 42.3% with 1.14 home runs per nine innings. In two starts the right-handle allowed seven earned runs with fifteen strikeouts in 11 innings of work. Paul Skenes will start for Pittsburgh. Skenes started 23 games in his rookie year with an ERA of 1.96 and WHIP of 0.95. The righty had an elite 33.1% K rate with 6.2% walks. Grounders were 51.3% with 0.68 home runs per nine innings. He has two starts on the campaign allowing two earned runs with 13 strikeouts in 12 1/3rd innings.