St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates 5/21/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The St. Louis Cardinals play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. St.Louis dropped to 20-18 following its 7-6 loss to the New York Mets on Thursday. St Louis lost three out of four in its just completed series with the Mets. The Cardinals are second in the National League Central, four games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.

Paul Goldschmidt is batting .329 to lead St Louis and the first base has team highs in hits with 47 and on-base percentage at .398. Third baseman Nolan Arenado is the leader in home runs nine and RBIs with a 31. On Saturday, the St. Louis Cardinals will send Matthew Liberatore to the mound. The 22-year old left-hander will make his Major League Baseball debut on Saturday.

Pittsburgh improved to 16-21 following its 3-2 Victory on Wednesday over the Chicago Cubs. The Pirates avoided being swept in their three-game series by the Cubs with their win on Wednesday after losing each of the first two games of the series. Pittsburgh is third in the National League Central, 7 ½ games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.

Ke’Bryan Hayes is batting .289 to lead Pittsburgh and the third baseman has team highs in hits with 35 and on-base percentage at .383. First baseman Daniel Vogelbach is the leader in home runs six and left fielder Ben Gamel is the leader in RBIs with 15. On Saturday, the Pittsburgh Pirates will send Jose Quintana to the mound. The left-hander is 1-1 with a 2.19 ERA, 30 Ks and 14 BBs.