Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 9/2/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Friday, September 2, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+175) St. Louis (-205)

Busch Stadium is the location where the St. Louis Cardinals (76-55) will go up against the Chicago Cubs (56-75) on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Chicago at +175 and St. Louis is sitting at -205. The over/under comes in at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Adrian Sampson and Jordan Montgomery.

As a team, the Chicago Cubs are putting up 4.2 runs per contest, which puts them at 22nd in the league. They have earned 543 runs and have an OBP of .312. The Cubs have accrued 219 doubles as a squad and have smacked 134 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 512 RBI's as well as 1,068 base knocks for the season, and their average at the plate sits at .241. Chicago is slugging .391 and have struck out 1,157 times, while drawing a walk on 410 occasions.

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The Cubs have compiled a team earned run average of 4.28 for the season (23rd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,121 hitters. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.55 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.34. Cubs pitchers have conceded 174 home runs and 630 runs in total (24th in baseball). They have walked 440 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.42 as a unit for the season.

Cubs pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 139 times in addition to having 159 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 47 holds over the course of the season (29th in the league). The Cubs relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 54.2% and stepped onto the hill in 110 save situations. They have accumulated 32 saves for the year and have not converted 27 of their 59 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 186 base runners on the year and 30.1% of them earned a run for their team. The Cubs have sent 441 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign.

The Cubs have turned 69.0% of balls in play into outs in their 10,545 innings, which has them sitting at 20th in baseball. The Chicago Cubs have accumulated 3,515 putouts this year, in addition to 1,189 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which puts them in 25th in baseball, and have a total of 115 double plays.

Sampson (8-18 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 5.29 and he has faced 1,105 batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 289 base hits (10.2 hits per nine innings) and has 66 free passes. His earned run average is 4.85 (137 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.398. Sampson has taken the hill for 254 innings and has earned 196 strikeouts in his MLB career.

The Cardinals have a slugging percentage of .429 and they have an average of 4.92 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They have put up 230 doubles, while walking 432 times and notching 644 runs. St. Louis has knocked in 164 long balls this season as well as 618 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,010 occasions (24th in MLB) and have 1,154 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have compiled an on-base percentage of .330 as well as a team batting average of .258 on the year.

The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 520 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.81 (492 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 122 long balls and they relinquish 4.03 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.256 in addition to having a FIP of 3.98 as a team so far this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.45 (954 strikeouts against 390 walks). They rank 17th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,068.

St. Louis has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 45 save opportunities and they have earned 29 saves. They rank 15th in baseball holding a save percentage of 64.4%, and they have dispatched 370 relievers to the mound this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 108 times in high leverage situations and on 132 occasions with base runners. St. Louis bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 34.5% out of their 200 inherited runners. Sitting with 100 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 55 holds and 16 blown saves.

In 10,455 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals have a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (8th in pro baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 143 double plays and have a fielding rate of .989 (2nd in baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 1,389 assists, 56 errors and have earned 3,485 putouts so far this year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Montgomery has conceded 494 base knocks while he has tallied 506 punch outs in 533 innings pitched. Montgomery (26-20 career mark) is the owner of a 3.81 earned run average while allowing 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 226 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.208 and having a FIP of 3.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.37 and he has gone up against 2,221 opposing batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (-205)

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