Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros Prediction, 8/1/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros

Date: Monday, August 1, 2022

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

The Houston Astros (66-36) are welcoming the Boston Red Sox (50-52) at Minute Maid Park on Monday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Nathan Eovaldi and Luis Garcia.

Boston is slugging .409 and have been rung up 852 times, while drawing a walk on 292 occasions. They have earned 439 RBI's and 894 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is sitting at .254. The Red Sox have accounted for 225 doubles as a team and have knocked 100 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 461 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .316. As a team, the Boston Red Sox are recording 4.5 runs per contest, which has them at 13th in the league.

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The Red Sox hold a team ERA of 4.35 for the season (24th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 864 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.61 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.31. Red Sox pitchers have allowed 112 home runs and also 483 runs in total (24th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 331 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.09 as a unit on the season.

The Red Sox relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 48.8% and has come into the game in 101 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 162 base runners for the season with 37.0% of them crossed the plate. Red Sox pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 112 times and also have had 117 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have dispatched 376 relievers to the mound this season. The relief pitchers have tallied 58 holds for the season (9th in MLB). They have recorded 21 saves for the year and have blown 22 out of their 43 save opportunities.

The Boston Red Sox have 2,731 putouts this season, as well as 912 assists and 61 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which ranks 20th in baseball, and have a total of 90 double plays. The Red Sox have transformed 68.9% of balls in play into outs in their 8,193 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 21st in pro baseball.

Eovaldi (65-68 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.84 and he has faced 5,241 hitters in the majors. He has given up 1,280 base hits (9.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 350 walks. His ERA is 4.20 (574 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.326. Eovaldi has taken the ball for 1,229 innings and is sitting with 1,037 K's thus far in his career.

Houston has a total of 146 home runs this season to go along with 444 runs batted in. They have recorded 175 two-baggers, while walking 356 times as well as scoring 458 runs. The Houston Astros have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a batting average of .241 over the course of the season. The Astros have a team SLG% of .427 and they average 4.49 runs per contest (14th in baseball). They have been rung up on 757 occasions (28th in baseball) and have 816 base knocks.

The Astros hold a team WHIP of 1.105 with a FIP of 3.52 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.10 (908 strikeouts against 293 bases on balls). They rank 1st in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 704. They have yielded 89 long balls and they concede 3.43 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Houston pitching staff have yielded 344 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.05 (306 earned runs relinquished).

Houston has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 41 save chances and they have earned 31 saves. They rank 2nd in the league with a save percentage of 75.6%, and they have sent 298 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 100 times in high leverage situations in addition to 67 occasions with runners on. Houston bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 27.7% of 101 inherited runners. Sitting with 105 save situations, the Astros have 64 holds and 10 blown saves.

The Houston Astros have gotten 74 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (12th in the majors). The Astros have 784 assists, 51 errors and have accounted for 2,708 putouts this year. In their 8,124 innings played, the Astros hold a defensive efficiency of 72.4% (1st in professional baseball).

So far in his career, Garcia has surrendered 216 base knocks and he has 283 strikeouts in 267 frames. Garcia (19-15 record in his career) has earned a 3.57 ERA while surrendering 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 106 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.131 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.29 and he has gone up against 1,087 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Houston

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