New York Yankees at St Louis Cardinals 8/5/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/04/2022 at 10:29 PM ET

This Friday night August 5th, 2022, the New York Yankees are in St Louis, MO, to face the St Louis Cardinals in Busch Stadium. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

The New York Yankeess are pitching a 3.25 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, with 972  strikeouts giving up a .219 OBA. Starting pitcher for the Yankees is listed as right hander Nestor Cortes with a 2.53ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 111 strikeout, allowing 85 hits thru 106.2 innings pitched.

The Yankeee are batting .245 for 871 hits, 567 runs and 185 home runs. Batting leader for the Yankees is Aaron Judge with a .298 batting average with 93 RBIs and 43 home runs.

The St Louis Cardinals are pitching a 3.87 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, with 752 strikeouts giving up a .252 OBA. Starting pitcher for the Cardinals is listed as right hander Dakota Hudson with a 4.10 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 54 strikeout, allowing 93 hits thru 101 innings pitched.

The Cardinals are batting .252 for 883 hits, 477 runs and 116 home runs. Batting leader for the Cardinals is Paul Goldschmidt with a .339 batting average with 81 RBIs and 25 home runs.

We think the Yankees bounce back after losing their home series to the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees are 9-3 under Cortes while the Cardinals are 6-6 with Hudson on the mound. We think the Yankees lineup make it a long night for the Cardinals pitching staff. Ourbest bet is NYY -141. Final score prediction the New York Yankees win covers the spread and the total goes over 9-3.

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