{"id":639,"date":"2024-06-03T10:14:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:14:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:14:40","slug":"matchup-preview-st-louis-cardinals-vs-houston-astros-june-3-2024-at-minute-maid-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/03\/matchup-preview-st-louis-cardinals-vs-houston-astros-june-3-2024-at-minute-maid-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchup Preview: St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros &#8211; June 3, 2024, at Minute Maid Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals are set to clash with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on June 3, 2024. The game is scheduled to start at 08:10 pm under a moderately cloudy sky. <\/p>\n<p>Kyle Gibson will lead the pitching for the Cardinals, currently holding a 3.600 ERA. Opposing him from the Astros&#8217; side will be Justin Verlander, who brings an ERA of 3.255 into the game. <\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals, positioned 6th in the NL Central Division, have recorded 28 wins and 29 losses, with a .49 win percentage. Their division performance shows 5 victories and 7 defeats, ranking them second in their division. Recently they have won 7 of their last 10 games, including a current winning streak of one. At home, they\u2019ve grabbed 13 wins versus 12 losses, and away from home, they have 15 wins and 17 losses. They show a stronger performance in night games, winning 17 out of 28. So far, they have scored 221 runs and conceded 262. <\/p>\n<p>The Astros, who sit 12th in the AL West Division, have a win-loss record of 26-34, or a .43 winning percentage. Their division record is slightly better, with 13 wins and 11 losses, sitting third. Over the last 10 games, they\u2019ve won 4 and are currently on a losing streak of one. Their home and away records stand at 15-17 and 11-17, respectively, with a better output in night games at 18 wins. The team has scored 260 runs and given up 267 runs.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of betting odds, the point spread is set at -1.5, and the over-under for total runs in the game is 8.0. The moneyline for the game gives the Astros a favored status at -179, while the Cardinals stand as underdogs at +151. These odds suggest a closely contested game but lean slightly towards a Houston Astros advantage at their home ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals are set to clash with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on June 3, 2024. The game is scheduled to start at 08:10 pm under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}