Post-game analysisMLBWednesday, September 16, 2026Final

San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals

Post-game analysis · Wednesday, September 16, 2026

The betting line

Awaiting DraftKings line

No sportsbook line posted for this game yet.

DraftKings

Our projected score

San Francisco Giants logo San Francisco Giants—

St. Louis Cardinals logo St. Louis Cardinals—

Final score

San Francisco Giants logo San Francisco Giants6

St. Louis Cardinals logo St. Louis Cardinals5

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Our recommendations on this game

The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.

Team

No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.

Players

Ivan Herrera over 0.5 hits+110DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 15, 9:08 PM EDT · result loss
Thomas Saggese over 0.5 hits+130DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 15, 9:08 PM EDT · result win
Thomas Saggese over 0.5 runs scored+310DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 15, 9:08 PM EDT · result win
Turner Hill under 2.5 RBIs-1000DraftKings line 2.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 15, 9:08 PM EDT · result win
Jonah Cox under 2.5 runs scored-575DraftKings line 2.5 · rating high · line recorded Sep 15, 9:08 PM EDT · result win

This game has started, so these are historical recommendations kept exactly as they were recorded. They can no longer be used on a parlay card.

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Player prop angles

Our model projects individual stat lines from each player's recent games and the matchup in front of them, then compares that projection to the live sportsbook number. Where a book has not posted a prop yet, the line shown is our own.

Blade Tidwell over 2.5 strikeouts
SF · RP
We project 4.5Recent average 4.5 over 2 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings -190
Blade Tidwell has averaged 4.5 strikeouts over 2 recent games, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 2.5 (-190), and our model projects 4.5 — 2 above the number, so the play is the over.
Still qualifies at the current line. Advisory only. The official pick and our published record do not change: the result is still graded against the line and price exactly as they were locked.
Ivan Herrera over 0.5 hits
STL · DH
We project 1.7Recent average 1.7 over 9 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings +110
Ivan Herrera has averaged 1.7 hits over 9 recent games, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (+110), and our model projects 1.7 — 1.2 above the number, so the play is the over.
MissedFinal: Ivan Herrera 0 hits
Thomas Saggese over 0.5 hits
STL · LF
We project 1.7Recent average 1.7 over 8 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings +130
Thomas Saggese has averaged 1.7 hits over 8 recent games, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (+130), and our model projects 1.7 — 1.2 above the number, so the play is the over.
HitFinal: Thomas Saggese 1 hits
Thomas Saggese over 0.5 runs scored
STL · LF
We project 1.4Recent average 1.4 over 8 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings +310
Thomas Saggese has averaged 1.4 runs scored over 8 recent games, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 0.5 (+310), and our model projects 1.4 — 0.9 above the number, so the play is the over.
HitFinal: Thomas Saggese 2 runs scored
Turner Hill under 2.5 RBIs
SF · LF
We project 0.9Recent average 0.9 over 9 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings -1000
Turner Hill has averaged 0.9 RBIs over 9 recent games, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 2.5 (-1000), and our model projects 0.9 — 1.6 below the number, so the play is the under.
HitFinal: Turner Hill 0 RBIs
Jonah Cox under 2.5 runs scored
SF · CF
We project 0.9Recent average 0.9 over 10 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings -575
Jonah Cox has averaged 0.9 runs scored over 10 recent games, and the matchup is roughly neutral. The DraftKings line is 2.5 (-575), and our model projects 0.9 — 1.6 below the number, so the play is the under.
HitFinal: Jonah Cox 1 runs scored