Miami Marlins

44-39

St. Louis Cardinals

42-38

2:15 PM ET Busch Stadium Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365 Day GameWeekend

Take Miami at plus money, Phillips holds the cleaner ERA and the Marlins own this season series 4-1.

St. Louis sends a starter whose 1.51 WHIP and 10.29 H/9 invite traffic against a value underdog.

SideBET AWAY ML at +114.

TotalPASS, total 9.0 matches the implied combined runs.

Lean6/10

Confidence

Phillips ERA 3.09 beats Leahy ERA 4.24 by over a run.
Leahy allows 10.29 H/9, MIA at +114 underdog.
Miami leads the season series 4-1 outright.

Best Bet Miami moneyline at +114 is the highest-conviction play given the pitching edge and 4-1 series lead.

Total9.0

MIA Win47%

STL Win57%

Implied MIA4.3

Implied STL4.7

Vegas / Market

Total

9.0

Run line

STL 1.5

MIA ML

+114 47%

STL ML

-134 57%

MIA4.3

STL4.7

The de-vigged team totals sit at MIA 4.3 and STL 4.7, a tight 0.4-run gap that does not strongly justify laying -134 on the home side. Miami at +114 offers fairer value given the pitching edge and series control, making the dog the better price. The total of 9.0 lines up almost exactly with the combined implied runs, leaving little edge either way.

Pitching Matchup

MIA

Tyler Phillips

1-2 · 58.1 IP

ERA

3.09

WHIP

1.37

K/9

7.6

BB/9

4.7

STL

Kyle Leahy

5-4 · 76.1 IP

ERA

4.24

WHIP

1.51

K/9

7.3

BB/9

3.3

Phillips carries the better surface line at 3.09 ERA and 1.37 WHIP, though his 4.65 BB/9 flags real command risk that can balloon innings. Leahy misses fewer bats relative to the hits he surrenders, with a 10.29 H/9 and 1.51 WHIP that point to consistent baserunner traffic. The ERA gap gives Phillips the edge, but neither arm projects as a stopper.

Offense Comparison

MIArank of 30STL

4.3 18 Runs / G 15 4.5

0.247 10 AVG 12 0.246

0.88 30 HR / G 19 1.10

8.20 17 K / G 27 7.79

Miami makes contact at a 0.247 clip but hits with no thump, ranking dead last at 0.88 HR/game, so they profit more by stringing singles off Leahy than by going deep. St. Louis owns slightly more pop at 1.10 HR/game and strikes out little (rank 27/30), a contact-leaning lineup that can pepper Phillips if his walks pile up. Both offenses lean stack-via-volume rather than home runs.

Weather & Park

6 mph out to LF · favors hitters

Conditions

Sunny

Temp

79°

Humidity

88%

Outdoor day game at Busch with sunny skies, 79F, and a 6 mph wind blowing out to left field flagged as a positive run-scoring factor, a mild boost for fly balls.

DFS Angles

Lean a St. Louis stack with the wind out to left and Phillips' 4.65 BB/9, targeting their low-strikeout bats; a secondary Miami contact stack fits versus Leahy's 10.29 H/9.

Neither arm is a strong play, but Phillips is the more defensible cash option on his 3.09 ERA; fade Leahy given the 1.51 WHIP and elevated hit rate.

MIA top bats

Kyle Stowers 13.4 proj · $4,000 · 3.4x
Xavier Edwards 12.8 proj · $4,100 · 3.1x
Otto Lopez 12.3 proj · $4,300 · 2.9x
Heriberto Hernandez 11.3 proj · $3,500 · 3.2x
Jakob Marsee 11.0 proj · $3,700 · 3.0x

STL top bats

Alec Burleson 13.8 proj · $4,400 · 3.1x
Ivan Herrera 13.3 proj · $4,200 · 3.2x
Lars Nootbaar 12.8 proj · $3,700 · 3.5x
JJ Wetherholt 12.8 proj · $4,500 · 2.8x
Jordan Walker 12.4 proj · $5,200 · 2.4x

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Prop leans

Alec Burleson - hits lean - top STL projection at 1.70 H versus a high-WHIP starter.
Xavier Edwards - hits lean - leads MIA bats at 2.06 projected hits.
Ivan Herrera - hits lean - 1.89 projected hits against Phillips.
Lars Nootbaar - value lean - top STL multiplier at 3.46x.

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