The St. Louis Cardinals will start a 3-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. The Cards will send Steven Matz to the mound, He is 1-1, with a 7.27 ERA to start the season. In his last outing, he gave up three hits and no runs in 5.2 innings. The Reds will send out Hunter Greene to take on the Cards, He is also 1-1 with a 1.35 ERA. In his last outing, he gave up five hits and three runs in 5.1 innings.

The Cards' offense is putting up five runs per game and is hitting .242 as a team. St. Louis is giving up three runs a game and as a team has a 2.97 ERA. Cincinnati is putting up 2.85 runs a game and is hitting just .177 as a team. They are giving up 5.49 runs per game and have a 5.92 ERA.

The Cardinals have won four of their last five games and four of their last six road games. The Reds have struggled to score runs and they need runs against a team that is averaging five runs a game. I am taking the better offense with both teams starting average pitchers.

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