Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/12/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Sunday, June 12, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (+140) St. Louis (-160)

The St. Louis Cardinals (33-26) will try to defeat the Cincinnati Reds (20-38) at Busch Stadium on Sunday. The line on this contest has the Reds at +140 and the Cardinals are priced at -160. The total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers are Graham Ashcraft and Dakota Hudson.

The Reds have tallied 91 doubles as a team and have knocked 56 baseballs out of the park. Cincinnati has a slugging percentage of .376 and have been called out on strikes 493 times, while drawing a walk on 176 occasions. As a squad, the Cincinnati Reds are recording 4.3 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 16th in baseball. They have accounted for 245 RBI's and 444 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average comes in at .235. They have tallied 252 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .306.

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The Reds hold a team ERA of 5.27 on the year (29th in the league), and the staff has struck out 507 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 230 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.67 as a team this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.20 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.42. Reds pitchers have conceded 76 home runs and 308 runs (28th in MLB).

Reds relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 61 times as well as having 44 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 21 holds over the course of the season (28th in baseball). The Reds relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 62.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 37 save situations. They have compiled 10 saves this season and have missed out on 6 of their 16 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 103 runners over the course of the season and 41.7% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Reds have dispatched 206 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated 1,500 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 426 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .985 which is 16th in the majors, and have a total of 33 double plays. The Reds have turned 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,500 innings, which ranks them 22nd in MLB.

Ashcraft has taken the hill for 23 innings and has accumulated 13 punch outs during his career. His earned run average is 1.14 (3 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 0.845. He has given up 15 hits (5.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 5 walks. Ashcraft (3-0 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.36 and he has gone up against 91 hitters during his time in the majors.

The St. Louis Cardinals hold an on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a batting average of .250 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 439 instances (25th in the league) and have recorded 503 base hits. St. Louis has hit 56 HRs on the campaign to go along with 263 RBIs. The Cardinals hold a slugging % of .388 and they average 4.69 runs per contest (6th in MLB). They have recorded 97 doubles, while getting a free base 188 times as well as scoring 277 runs.

The St. Louis pitching staff have conceded 232 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.80 (221 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 59 home runs and they give up 3.99 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.300 and have a FIP of 4.20 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.23 (433 strikeouts against 194 bases on balls). They are sitting at 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 486.

Sitting with 45 save situations, the Cardinals have 25 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. St. Louis has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 20 save opportunities and they have walked away with 14 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 45 times in high leverage situations and on 60 occasions with runners on base. St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.4% out of their 93 inherited base runners. They are ranked 10th in the league with a save percentage of 70.0%, and they have dispatched 179 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

Out of their 4,713 innings on the field, the Cardinals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (12th in the majors). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 56 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (4th in the majors). The Cardinals have accrued 608 assists, 25 errors and have accounted for 1,571 putouts for the year.

Hudson (28-12 career record) has earned a 3.06 earned run average and has conceded 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.56 and he has faced 1,299 opposing hitters during his pro baseball career. He has conceded 105 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.301 and a FIP of 4.6. In his career, Hudson has conceded 256 hits while earning 226 strikeouts in 308 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cincinnati (+140)

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