Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros Prediction, 8/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros

Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Minute Maid Park is where the Houston Astros (67-37) will take on the Boston Red Sox (52-52) on Wednesday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Brayan Bello and Jose Urquidy.

As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 11th in MLB. They have a total of 471 runs and hold an OBP of .315. The Red Sox have accrued 235 doubles as a team and have hit 101 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 449 runs batted in in addition to 911 hits this season, and their batting average is at .254. Boston is slugging .410 and have been rung up 869 times, while drawing a walk on 296 occasions.

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Red Sox pitchers have conceded 113 long balls in addition to 487 runs in total (24th in baseball). They have walked 335 hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.06 as a team so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.62 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.31. The Red Sox hold a team ERA of 4.29 so far this year (24th in MLB), and they have struck out 877 hitters.

The Red Sox relievers have a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 104 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 165 base runners on the year and 36.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. Red Sox relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 114 times in addition to having 119 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have dispatched 381 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen have earned 60 holds so far this year (9th in baseball). They have compiled 22 saves over the course of the season and have blown 22 of their 44 save chances.

The Red Sox have turned 68.9% of balls in play into outs in their 7,869 innings, which has them ranked 21st in MLB. The Boston Red Sox have a tally of 2,623 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 868 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .984 which ranks 19th in the majors, and have accumulated 86 double plays.

Bello (0-3 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.91 and he has faced 83 hitters in the majors. He has given up 26 hits (14.3 hits per nine innings) with 11 free passes. His earned run average is 8.82 (16 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 2.265. Bello has taken the ball for 16 innings and has racked up 13 K's in his pro baseball career.

The Astros hold a team SLG% of .423 and they tally 4.45 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have recorded 178 two-baggers, while walking 362 times as well as putting up 463 runs. Houston is sitting with 146 long balls this season as well as 448 RBIs. They have been rung up on 777 instances (27th in MLB) and have recorded 827 base hits. The Houston Astros have accounted for an on-base percentage of .317 and a team batting average of .239 so far this year.

The Astros have a WHIP of 1.097 and have a FIP of 3.50 as a squad this season. They rank 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 714. The Houston pitching staff have given up 349 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.04 (311 earned runs allowed). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.12 (928 strikeouts vs 297 walks). They have allowed 91 homers and they allow 3.41 runs per 9 innings (3rd in MLB).

Houston has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 42 save opportunities and they have tallied 31 saves. They rank 4th in baseball holding a save percentage of 73.8%, and they have dispatched 303 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 102 times in high leverage situations and also on 68 occasions with base runners. Houston relievers have an inherited score percentage of 27.7% out of their 101 inherited base runners. Sitting with 106 save situations, the Astros have accumulated 64 holds in addition to 11 blown saves.

The Houston Astros have turned 71 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in MLB). The Astros have racked up 755 assists, 50 errors and are sitting with 2,603 putouts so far this year. In their 7,809 innings on the diamond, the Astros hold a defensive efficiency of 72.4% (1st in professional baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Urquidy has allowed 253 base hits while he has totaled 227 punch outs in 285 innings pitched. He has conceded a total of 116 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.091 and a FIP of 4.2. His K/BB ratio is 3.91 and he has faced 1,155 batters during his career. Urquidy (20-9 career record) has earned a 3.66 earned run average and has conceded 8.0 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Houston

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