{"id":665,"date":"2024-07-20T05:04:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T09:04:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-07-20T05:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T09:04:38","slug":"matchup-preview-st-louis-cardinals-clash-with-atlanta-braves-on-july-20-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/matchup-preview-st-louis-cardinals-clash-with-atlanta-braves-on-july-20-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchup Preview: St. Louis Cardinals Clash with Atlanta Braves on July 20, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of July 20, 2024, the St.3 Louis Cardinals will clash with the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park, with the first pitch set for 7:20 PM in a game forecasted to have light rain.<\/p>\n<p>Sonny Gray will take the mound for the Cardinals, bringing a solid ERA of 3.341 to the game. Opposing him will be the Braves&#8217; Bryce Elder, who has struggled this season with an ERA of 5.712.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of standings, the Cardinals are positioned 5th in the NL Central with a record of 50-46, showing a winning percentage of .52. They hold a divisional record of 15-14 and have won 5 of their last 10 games but are trying to shake off a recent loss. The Cardinals have shown balanced performance on the road and at home, with respective wins of 24 and 26 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves, on the other hand, rank 4th in the NL East with a 53-42 record. Their winning percentage stands at .56, boosted by their stronger performance at home (29-17). They\u2019ve won 6 of their last 10 games and are looking to build on a current one-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to betting, the odds indicate a close contest. The Point Spread is set at 1.5, the Over\/Under for total runs is at 8.5. For those looking to place individual team bets, the MoneyLine favors the home team slightly with the Braves at -120, while the Cardinals stand at +100. These odds suggest a competitive matchup where the Braves are slight favorites, but with both teams closely matched, it will likely be a tightly contested game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of July 20, 2024, the St.3 Louis Cardinals will clash with the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park, with the first pitch set for 7:20 PM in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betlouisianasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}