Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/3/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Sunday, May 3, 2026

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Cardinals.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-160) St. Louis (+132)

The St. Louis Cardinals (18-13) will try to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers (20-11) at Busch Stadium on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has the Dodgers at -160 while the Cardinals are at +132. The betting total is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Justin Wrobleski and Dustin May.

Los Angeles owns a slugging percentage of .452 and have struck out 249 times, while taking a walk on 122 occasions. They have tallied 159 runs batted in in addition to 286 hits for the season, while their team batting average comes in at .273. The Dodgers have hit 51 two-baggers as a team and have hit 45 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 167 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .350. As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scoring 5.4 runs per outing, which is 4th in baseball.

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The Dodgers have a team ERA of 3.19 this year (3rd in MLB), and they have struck out 277 hitters. Dodgers pitchers have allowed 27 long balls and 101 total runs (1st in baseball). They have walked 97 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.59 as a squad for the year. Los Angeles has given up 210 hits (6.9 per 9 innings) and 97 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.86 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.12.

The Dodgers have dispatched 94 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 32 base runners on the campaign with 25.0% of those players crossing home plate. The relief pitchers have 16 holds so far this season (18th in baseball). Dodgers bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 18 times as well as having 30 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 7 saves over the course of the season and have blown 5 of their 12 save chances. The Dodgers bullpen have a save percentage of 58.3% and have come into the game in 28 save situations.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a total of 822 putouts for the season, in addition to 256 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .991 which ranks 3rd in professional baseball, and they have turned 20 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 73.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 2,466 innings, ranking them 2nd in professional baseball.

Wrobleski has pitched in 133 frames and has totaled 117 punch outs in his career. His ERA is 4.06 (60 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.211. He has conceded 119 base hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 42 walks. Wrobleski (10-7 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.00 while he has faced 553 batters during his time in the majors.

St. Louis has tallied 41 long balls for the season to go along with 152 RBIs. They have notched 44 doubles, while walking 117 times as well as putting up 155 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have accounted for an on-base percentage of .327 and a team batting average of .240 this year. The Cardinals hold a slugging percentage of .402 and they average 5.00 runs per outing (7th in MLB). They have struck out on 265 occasions (13th in baseball) and have tallied 250 hits.

The Cardinals have a WHIP of 1.425 in addition to having a FIP of 4.74 as a pitching staff so far this season. They are sitting at 26th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 281. The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 158 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.76 (148 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.00 (217 strikeouts vs 118 free passes). They have given up 37 dingers and they give up 5.08 runs per 9 innings (24th in MLB).

St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 40.7% out of their 54 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 43 times in high leverage situations in addition to 36 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 44 save situations, the Cardinals have recorded 25 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. They rank 11th in the league with a save rate of 64.7%, and they have dispatched 116 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the year.

In 2,520 innings on the field, the Cardinals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (16th in pro baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 26 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in pro baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 313 assists, 17 errors and have notched a total of 840 putouts so far this year.

Thus far in his career, May has surrendered 316 base hits while he has tallied 319 K's in 354 innings. He has given up 157 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.231 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.66 and he has faced 1,486 hitters during his MLB career. May (22-22 career win-loss record) holds a 3.99 earned run average while giving up 8.0 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (+132)

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