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Cardinals @ Pirates

Cardinals
117
Final
Pirates
Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 6:40 PM ET · MLB
Closing · ML +134 · SPR -1.5 · O/U 8.5

Archived game: the closing market as it stood at kickoff, kept permanently at this URL. Live odds, picks and the confluence table only run on games still on the slate.

Matchup summary

Final: Cardinals beat the Pirates 11-7 on the road. The market closed with Cardinals at +134 on the moneyline and the total at 8.5. The closing betting splits (tickets vs money), the opening line and the movement into kickoff are below.

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Cardinals vs Pirates betting splits

Where was the money on Cardinals vs Pirates?

MarketSideTicketsMoneyClosing line / odds
SpreadCardinals24%18%+1.5 (-159)
Pirates76%82%-1.5 (+135)
TotalOver37%42%O 8.5 (-105)
Under63%58%U 8.5 (-117)
MoneylineCardinals25%26%+134
Pirates75%74%-160

76% of spread tickets and 82% of spread money were on the Pirates, so the average Pirates bet was larger than the average Cardinals bet.

63% of total tickets and 58% of total money were on the under, so the under drew more tickets than money and the average over bet was larger.

75% of moneyline tickets and 74% of moneyline money were on the Pirates, so the Pirates drew more tickets than money and the average Cardinals bet was larger.

Line movement

What was the closing line for Cardinals vs Pirates?

MarketOpeningClosingMove
Spread (Pirates)-1.5-1.50
Total8.58.50

The Pirates opened -1.5 and closed -1.5: the spread has not moved.

The total opened 8.5 and closed 8.5: it has not moved.

Why the line moved

Why did the Cardinals vs Pirates line move?

The spread did not move from its opening number (Pirates -1.5) even with 82% of the spread money on the Pirates. The total did not move from its opening number (8.5) even with 58% of the total money on the under. Splits describe where the money sits, not what will happen.

Splits describe where the money sits, not what will happen; there is no historical dataset for this sport yet.

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