Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 7/2/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Saturday, July 2, 2022

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

The Milwaukee Brewers (44-34) are en route to PNC Park on Saturday where they will try to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates (31-45). The starting pitchers will be Chi Chi Gonzalez and Bryse Wilson.

Milwaukee is slugging .410 and have been called out on strikes 689 times, while drawing a walk on 264 occasions. They have tallied 341 RBI's in addition to 611 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is .236. The Brewers have accumulated 116 two-baggers as a team and have hit 105 baseballs out of the park. They have racked up 349 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .314. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which is 13th in baseball.

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The Brewers have a team ERA of 3.79 so far this season (10th in baseball), and they have rung up 723 hitters. They have walked 244 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.81 as a team this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.96 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24. Brewers pitchers have given up 85 home runs and 328 runs in total (18th in baseball).

The Brewers bullpen have earned a save percentage of 79.5% and stepped onto the hill in 94 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 87 base runners this season and 27.6% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Brewers pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 54 times as well as having 91 appearances in high leverage situations. The Brewers have dispatched 248 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have tallied 55 holds over the course of the season (3rd in the league). They have 31 saves on the year and have blown 8 out of their 39 save opportunities.

The Milwaukee Brewers have 2,068 putouts so far this season, in addition to 688 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which has them sitting 18th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 58 double plays. The Brewers have converted 69.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 6,204 innings, ranking them 15th in baseball.

Gonzalez (9-24 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 5.39 while he has faced 1,223 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 298 hits (9.7 hits per 9 innings) with 115 free passes. His earned run average is 5.73 (176 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.493. Gonzalez has taken the ball for 276 frames and has earned 164 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have compiled an OBP of .290 and a team batting average of .222 on the year. They have struck out on 695 occasions (4th in the league) and have earned 550 hits. Pittsburgh has accumulated 84 home runs this season and 264 RBIs. The Pirates hold a team slugging % of .373 and they average 3.71 runs per outing (28th in MLB). They have recorded 96 doubles, while taking a walk 225 times as well as earning 282 runs.

The Pirates hold a team WHIP of 1.418 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.30 as a squad so far this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.15 (605 strikeouts against 281 walks). They rank 25th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 662. They have surrendered 80 dingers and they yield 5.17 runs per 9 innings (25th in baseball). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have allowed 382 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.60 (340 earned runs conceded).

With 67 save situations, the Pirates have 34 holds in addition to 13 blown saves. Pittsburgh has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 30 save chances and they have earned 17 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 77 times in high leverage situations and also on 74 occasions with runners on base. Pittsburgh relievers have an inherited score rate of 35.9% out of 117 inherited runners. They rank 25th in baseball holding a save rate of 56.7%, and they have dispatched 237 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

In 5,985 innings played, the Pirates are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (27th in professional baseball). The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 62 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (29th in the majors). The Pirates have 685 assists, 55 errors and have amassed 1,995 putouts so far this year.

In his pro baseball career, Wilson has surrendered 184 hits while he has accumulated 110 K's in 150 frames. He has conceded a total of 103 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.636 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.77 and he has faced 684 opposing batters during his career. Wilson (6-12 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 6.17 ERA and has given up 11.0 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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