Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 7/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Sunday, July 3, 2022

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-165) Pittsburgh (+140)

The Milwaukee Brewers (45-34) are hitting the road to PNC Park on Sunday where they will play the Pittsburgh Pirates (31-46). The moneyline on this matchup has Milwaukee at -165 and Pittsburgh is coming in at +140. The total has been set at 7.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Brandon Woodruff and Jose Quintana.

The Brewers have accumulated 121 doubles as a squad and have hit 110 baseballs out of the stadium. Milwaukee owns a slugging percentage of .416 and have struck out 691 times, while being walked on 271 occasions. As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are compiling 4.7 runs per game, which is 10th in the league. They have 359 RBI's as well as 627 hits for the year, while their batting average is .238. They have 368 runs scored and have an OBP of .316.

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The Brewers hold a team ERA of 3.76 this season (9th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 731 batters. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.91 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23. Brewers pitchers have yielded 85 long balls and 330 runs (17th in MLB). They have walked 251 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.80 as a unit on the season.

Brewers bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 54 times in addition to having 91 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 55 holds for the year (3rd in baseball). The Brewers relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 79.5% and has come into the game in 94 save situations. They have earned 31 saves this year and have blown 8 of 39 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 87 runners so far this season with 27.6% of them ended up scoring. The Brewers have sent 250 relievers to the hill on the season.

The Milwaukee Brewers have accounted for 2,095 putouts on the year, in addition to 699 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .984 which is 18th in baseball, and have accumulated 59 double plays. The Brewers have turned 69.8% of balls in play into outs in their 6,285 innings, which ranks them 15th in MLB.

Woodruff (34-24 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.19 while he has faced 2,057 hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 416 base knocks (7.4 hits per nine innings) and has 132 free passes. His ERA is 3.34 (189 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.077. Woodruff has taken the mound for 508 innings and is sitting with 587 punch outs during his career.

Pittsburgh has 84 home runs this season to go along with 265 runs batted in. They have hit 98 two-baggers, while getting a free base 232 times and earning 284 runs. The Pittsburgh Pirates are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .290 as well as a team batting average of .220 over the course of the season. The Pirates have a team SLG% of .370 and they average 3.69 runs per outing (28th in MLB). They have struck out on 703 occasions (4th in MLB) and are sitting with 553 base hits.

The Pirates have a team WHIP of 1.433 and have a FIP of 4.40 as a staff this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.11 (607 strikeouts vs 288 bases on balls). They rank 28th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 678. They have relinquished 85 HR's and they concede 5.35 runs per 9 innings (27th in the league). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have conceded 401 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.78 (358 earned runs relinquished).

Pittsburgh has called on relievers to enter the contest in 30 save opportunities and they have earned 17 saves. They rank 27th in MLB holding a save rate of 56.7%, and they have dispatched 241 relief pitchers onto the diamond this season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 77 times in high leverage situations and on 74 occasions with runners on base. Pittsburgh bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.9% out of 117 inherited runners. With 67 save situations, the Pirates have 34 holds and 13 blown saves.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 62 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .980 (29th in baseball). The Pirates have 694 assists, 56 errors and have accounted for 2,022 putouts during this campaign. In their 6,066 innings played, the Pirates hold a efficiency on defense of 68.0% (28th in professional baseball).

In his MLB career, Quintana has conceded 1,617 base knocks while he has accumulated 1,462 punch outs in 1,634 innings pitched. Quintana (84-84 career mark) has earned a 3.82 ERA while allowing 8.9 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 693 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.285 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.03 and he has faced 6,862 hitters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-165)

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