Its Friday, July 11 and the Braves (40-52) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (50-44).

Grant Holmes is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Matthew Liberatore for St. Louis.

The Cards welcome the Braves after taking two of three against the Nationals. The visiting Braves lost two of three in Sacramento to the Athletics earlier this week.

Atlanta is laboring in fourth place in the National League East, 13.5 games behind the Phillies. St. Louis is in the hunt in the National League Central sitting just 5.5 games behind the Cubs.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two for this series opener.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Braves at Cardinals

• Date: Friday, July 11, 2025
• Time: 8:15PM EST
• Site: Busch Stadium
• City: St. Louis, MO
• Network/Streaming: FDSNSO, FDSNMW

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Odds for the Braves at the Cardinals

The latest odds as of Friday:

• Moneyline: Braves (-103), Cardinals (-116)
• Spread:  Cardinals 1.5
• Total: 8.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Braves at Cardinals

• Pitching matchup for July 11, 2025: Grant Holmes vs. Matthew Liberatore
  • Braves: Grant Holmes (4-8, 3.44 ERA)
    Last outing: 7/6 vs. Baltimore – 6IP, 2ER, 4H, 3BB, 5Ks
  • Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore (6-6, 3.70 ERA)
    Last outing: 7/5 at Cubs – 5IP, 2ER, 4H, 4BB, 4Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Braves at Cardinals

• The Braves are 1-4 in their last 5 games
• The Under is 40-25-3 in Braves’ games against National League teams this season
• Nolan Arenado is 2-13 (.154) in his last 4 games
• Austin Riley has hits in 5 of his last 6 games (8-26)
• Ronald Acuna Jr. is 5-29 (.172) in July

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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Braves and the Cardinals

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Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday’s game between the Braves and the Cardinals:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the St. Louis Cardinals on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Atlanta Braves at +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.

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