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

The Sunday MLB schedule will get started with a NL Central clash between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates from PNC Park. The Cardinals (22-18) have won consecutive games and trail first place Milwaukee by 3.5 games. Last night, St. Louis 1B Paul Goldschmidt collected four hits and drove in a pair of runs during a 5-4 road victory.

Thirty-year old southpaw Steven Matz (3-3 6.03 ERA) will make his ninth start for the Cardinals. Last time out, Matz allowed two runs in five innings during a 4-3 road victory against New York.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are three games below .500 at home and hold a one-game lead over Chicago for third place in the division standings. During Saturday's home loss, Pittsburgh went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. OF Bryan Reynolds connected on a two-run blast in a losing effort for the Pirates (16-23).

The Pirates will give the nod to twenty-four year old righty Bryse Wilson (0-2 5.67 ERA) on Sunday. In his last two appearances, Wilson has been knocked around for ten runs (9 ER) in eight innings of work.