Capper Penguin's Friday MLB Prediction & Pick - 9/9

Miles covered this line fairly easily in his last 4 of 5 games and I don't think the Pirates are going to alter this trend. Barring one game where they scored 8 vs Taijuan Walker, the Pirates have only scored 1 run per game in the other 5 games during this home stand. That's 1 run TOTAL. Combine those stats with the fact that the Cardinals have used 8 bullpen players in their last two games they will want Miles to go deeper than 6 IP and shouldn't have an early hook. Miles Mikolas went 23 outs vs them last game and I bet he covers 19 outs fairly easily tonight.