Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/12/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Friday, August 12, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (+120) St. Louis (-140)

The St. Louis Cardinals (61-49) will play the Milwaukee Brewers (60-50) at Busch Stadium on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has the Brewers at +120 while the Cardinals are priced at -140. The over/under is 0. The starting pitchers are Eric Lauer and Jordan Montgomery.

The Brewers have hit 171 doubles as a team and have hit 151 baseballs out of the stadium. Milwaukee has a slugging percentage of .418 and have been called out on strikes 958 times, while being walked on 393 occasions. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 4.6 runs/g, which has them at 8th in the league. They have accrued 492 runs batted in in addition to 878 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is at .240. They are sitting with 505 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .322.

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The Brewers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.86 this year (11th in MLB), and they have struck out 1,029 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 360 hitters and their FIP is 3.87 as a team on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.86 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Brewers pitchers have allowed 122 home runs and also 467 runs in total (15th in baseball).

The Brewers relievers have a save percentage of 70.9% and has stepped onto the mound in 126 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 124 runners this year and 31.5% of those runners ended up scoring. Brewers pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 85 times as well as having 140 appearances in high leverage situations. The Brewers have dispatched 358 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The relievers have 71 holds this season (6th in the league). They have earned 39 saves on the season and have blown 16 of their 55 save opportunities.

The Brewers have transformed 69.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 8,712 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 19th in professional baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers are sitting with 2,904 putouts so far this season, in addition to 935 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .984 which has them ranked 18th in MLB, and have a total of 80 double plays.

Lauer (29-27 career mark) has a FIP of 4.37 while going up against 2,174 batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 493 base hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) with 187 free passes. His ERA is 4.13 (231 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.349. Lauer has pitched in 504 innings and has totaled 478 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The St. Louis Cardinals hold a team OBP of .323 and a team batting average of .251 so far this year. They have been rung up on 847 instances (26th in the league) and have recorded 928 hits. St. Louis has hit 123 long balls on the season and 489 runs batted in. The Cardinals hold a team slugging percentage of .410 and they score 4.68 runs per game (7th in the league). They have notched 187 two-baggers, while getting a free base 356 times and notching 510 runs.

The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 437 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.91 (418 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 109 long balls and they allow 4.09 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.276 with a FIP of 4.12 as a squad so far this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 (797 strikeouts vs 335 walks). They rank 16th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 893.

St. Louis relievers have an inherited score percentage of 33.7% of 169 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 90 times in high leverage situations and also on 109 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 89 save situations, the Cardinals have 49 holds in addition to 14 blown saves. They are ranked 14th in baseball holding a save percentage of 65.0%, and they have sent 319 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year. St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 40 save chances and they have earned 26 saves.

Out of their 8,664 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.5% (7th in baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 119 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in pro baseball). The Cardinals have racked up 1,137 assists, 43 errors and have accumulated 2,888 putouts over the course of the season.

So far in his career, Montgomery has allowed 475 base knocks while he has totaled 479 K's in 507 innings. Montgomery (23-20 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.90 earned run average and has allowed 8.4 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed a total of 220 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.225 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.26 and he has gone up against 2,124 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 (-140)

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