St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves 7/4/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The St. Louis Cardinals continue a road trip Monday night as they visit Atlanta,GA for game one of four against the Atlanta Braves. St. Louis comes into Monday eight games above .500 following a win over the Philadelphia Phillies that ended a two game skid. Matthew Liberatore got the start for the Cardinals giving up five runs on seven hits across 2.2 innings of work leading to a no decision. The St. Louis bullpen held true allowing only one run on five hits across the next 4.1 innings before Ryan Helsley came on in relief to pick up the win.

Offensively St. Louis was mediocre from the plate with nine hits in 36 at bats including a terrible 0-4 with runners in scoring position to leave nine men on base. Nolan Arenado led the way for the St. Louis offense with two home runs in four at bats to drive in three total runs for the Cardinals.

The Atlanta Braves go back home Monday night 13 games over.500 after winning four of the last five games played including two in a row following a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Spencer Strider got the start for Atlanta giving up one run on one hit across 6 innings of work to pick up the victory.

Dansby Swanson leads the way for the Atlanta offense this season with a .305 batting average to go along with a team leading 91 hits. Austin Riley supplies the power for the Braves leading the team with twenty home runs and 48 RBI’s.