Get the Latest Score Updates for Orioles vs Cardinals – Wednesday August 26, 2026

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St. Louis Cardinals

Baltimore Orioles Insights

• Kyle Bradish – Over/Under 17.5 Pitching Outs (-125/-105)
  Compared to the average starter, Kyle Bradish has been granted an above-average leash this year, recording an extra 3.7 adjusted pitches each game.
  Explain: Pitchers with a longer leash are more likely to go deeper into games and record more outs.
• The Baltimore Orioles have 3 bats in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Coby Mayo, Colton Cowser).
  Explain: Teams that have multiple high-strikeout hitters will make it much easier for the opposing pitcher to record strikeouts

St. Louis Cardinals Insights

• Michael McGreevy – Over/Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-105/-125)
  Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Michael McGreevy has relied on his off-speed and breaking balls 5.3% more often this season (58.4%) than he did last year (53.1%).
  Explain: A pitcher who limits has fastball usage will instead heavily use change-ups, curveballs, sliders, etc. These are far more effective pitches at preventing runs and generating strikeouts.
• Nolan Gorman – Over/Under Hits
  Nolan Gorman has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (87% of the time), but he is penciled in 6th in the batting order in this game.
  Explain: The lower in the order a player bats, the fewer plate appearances he will get and the fewer opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits lower in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting higher.
• St. Louis’s 89.3-mph average exit velocity this year ranks among the best in the league: #7 overall.
  Explain: Hitting the ball hard increases the chances of either a home run or the ball landing in fair territory for a hit before a fielder can get to it.

Betting Trends

• St. Louis Cardinals – 1st Five Innings (F5) Run Line +0.5 (-155)
  The St. Louis Cardinals have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Run Line in 13 of their last 16 games (+9.70 Units / 54% ROI)
• Baltimore Orioles – Run Line -1.5 (+155)
  The Baltimore Orioles have hit the Run Line in 15 of their last 21 away games (+7.50 Units / 23% ROI)
• Joshua Baez – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-160/+125)
  Joshua Baez has hit the Hits Under in 7 of his last 9 games (+7.95 Units / 88% ROI)