Toronto Blue Jays at St. Louis Cardinals 5/23/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 05/22/2022 at 10:43 PM ET

The Toronto Blue Jays open a short two-game interleague series on the road Monday against the St Louis Cardinals. Toronto improved to 22-18 following its 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday. Bo Bichette hit a pair of home runs in the victory for the Blue Jays. Toronto has won two straight and four out of the last five. The Blue Jays are third in the American League East, 7 ½ games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Second baseman Santiago Espinal is batting .295 to lead Toronto, while the center fielder George Springer is the leader in home runs with seven and RBIs with 22. Shortstop Bo Bichette is the leader in hits with 41 and first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr is the leader in on-base percentage .350. On Monday, Toronto will send Jose Berrios to the mound. The right-hander is 3-2 with a 4.83 ERA, 28 Ks and 13 BBs.

St. Louis improved to 22-18 following its 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. Paul Goldschmidt had four hits including two doubles with two RBIs for the Cardinals. St Louis has won two straight and the Cardinals are second in the National League central, trailing the first place Milwaukee Brewers by four games

Paul Goldschmidt is batting .342 to lead St Louis and the first baseman had team highs in hits with 52 and on-base percentage at .409. Third baseman Nolan Arenado has nine home runs and 31 RBIs to lead St Louis in both categories. On Monday, the St Louis Cardinals will send Miles Mikolas to the mound. The right-hander is 3-2 with a 1.68 ERA, 36 Ks and 9 BBs.

Toronto starting pitcher Jose Berrios is coming off his best outing of the season, after allowing six hits and no runs across seven innings in a 3-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners last Tuesday. Toronto is 10th in team ERA at 3.53 and is holding opposing hitters to an average of .238 at the plate. St. Louis is 3-5 in its last eight at home. Final Score Prediction, Toronto Blue Jays win 4-3.

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