Pittsburgh rides a four-game win streak into Busch Stadium as Johan Oviedo starts opposite Michael McGreevy in a key NL matchup. The Pirates own a 5-4 season edge on the Cardinals and swept STL in their last Pittsburgh meeting, keeping the Cards scoreless in all three games. This sets up a low-scoring, pitching-minded night with run expectancy leaning toward late-inning sparks.

Betting angles favor the Pirates at +1.5 and an 8.0 total, per NBC’s projections, as Oviedo looks to build on a 4.50 season ERA and a crisp last-outting 1.80 mark, while McGreevy at 4.26 looks to stifle a Pittsburgh lineup capable of mounting late threats. Fantasy angles lean toward the usual Pittsburgh pieces stepping up in a quiet scoring night.