Both pitchers in this matchup are reputable and are playing well so far this season. We have Miles Mikolas starting for STL, who has a 2.61 ERA, 0.9 WHIP, and a 5-6 record as the starting pitcher with 79 Stikeouts.

Braves are starting Max Fried who has a 2.66 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and an 8-2 record with 96 strikeouts. The Braves won last night easily, while shutting down the Cardinals bats by only allowing 9 hits in both of the last two games played. It's looking the the Cardinals are struggling with the right handed pitchers in this series. Max Fried is a left handed pitcher, so with the Cardinals being a top 10 team in hits and runs; they are likely to find more success in this matchup than the last few.

The Over 8.5 runs IS in play for this matchup, but I like Max Fried to continue his winning ways in the first five innings, that will carry them into another win over the St. Louis Cardinals.