St. Louis Cardinals vs Oakland Athletics Prediction: Cardinals will sweep this match

On Thursday, Major League Baseball action will take place at Busch Stadium, featuring a matchup between the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. This contest is the conclusion of a best-of-three series. On Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals won by a score of two runs, and then in game two, the St. Louis Cardinals kept their winning streak going with a victory by a score of four runs.

During Tuesday's game, the St. Louis Cardinals scored four runs in the seventh inning, which contributed to their victory. In that game, Paul Goldschmidt had a fantastic performance, accumulating two hits, two runs, two runs batted in, a home run, and three walks. On Wednesday, St. Louis scored four runs in the first inning of their game, and from that point on, they never looked back. Nolan Arenado had a four-hit game, including a home run, and he drove in two runs. Additionally, solo attempts were made by both Jordan Walker and Tommy Edman. On Thursday, Matthew Liberatore is going to make his start as a pitcher for the Cardinals. Liberatore has appeared in 11 games so far, making 10 starts, and has a record of 2-4 with a 5.72 earned run average. In his previous seven starts, Liberatore has a record of 1-2 with a 5.58 earned run average. He has struck out 19 hitters while pitching a total of 30.2 innings.

In the first game of this series, which took place on Tuesday, the Oakland Athletics held a lead of 5-3 at one point but ultimately fell by a score of 7-5. Esteury Ruiz hit a home run and contributed two runs batted in. In the second game of the series, which took place on Wednesday, the Oakland Athletics were defeated 6-2 and gave up 14 hits. The single run of the game came from a home run hit by Lawrence Butler, which scored two runs. Paul Blackburn will take the mound for the A's in their game on Thursday as the team's starting pitcher. Blackburn has a record of 2-3 on the season, with a 4.52 earned run average and 66 strikeouts over 65.2 innings pitched over his 13 games (12 starts). In his last seven games, six of which he started, Blackburn has a record of 1-3 with a 5.19 earned run average.

I've decided to continue backing the St. Louis Cardinals. The last outing for Liberatore was a successful one: he pitched eight scoreless innings, allowed only two hits, and did not walk a single batter. However, prior to that, Liberatore had already allowed nine earned runs in only 6.0 innings of work. Blackburn is coming off a rough start (5.2 innings, four earned runs pitched against the Nationals), but prior to that, he had been performing rather well. On Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals enjoyed a somewhat productive night at the plate, with only one batter (Alec Burleson) failing to record a hit in the game. The Cardinals have now won their last six games by scoring at least five runs in each contest. The squad is currently enjoying a productive offensive stretch, and if they are able to find their offensive groove once more here, a wager on the over should be considered.