Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 9/14/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The St. Louis Cardinals (83-58) will take on the Milwaukee Brewers (75-66) at Busch Stadium on Wednesday. The starting pitchers will be Corbin Burnes and Adam Wainwright.

Milwaukee has a slugging rate of .410 and have struck out 1,263 times, while taking a walk on 499 occasions. They have accumulated 619 runs batted in in addition to 1,103 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .234. The Brewers have accrued 208 two-baggers as a team and have hit 196 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 636 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .315. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are recording 4.5 runs per outing, which ranks them 10th in MLB.

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The Brewers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.91 so far this year (15th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,324 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 455 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.97 as a squad so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.91 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23. Brewers pitchers have relinquished 168 home runs and 611 total runs (17th in MLB).

The Brewers have dispatched 464 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 155 runners on the year and 27.7% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 48 saves this season and have blown 24 out of their 72 save chances. The Brewers relievers have a save percentage of 66.7% and has come into the game in 164 save situations. The relievers have earned 92 holds for the season (3rd in MLB). Brewers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 112 times and also have had 179 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Brewers have transformed 70.3% of baseballs in play into outs in their 11,295 innings, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers are sitting with 3,765 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,222 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which has them sitting 18th in MLB, and they have twisted 102 double plays.

Burnes has taken the mound for 485 innings and is sitting with 641 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.22 (174 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.058. He has surrendered 379 hits (7.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 135 free passes. Burnes (33-17 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 2.84 while he has gone up against 1,968 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

St. Louis has 179 home runs for the year as well as 665 runs batted in. They have 252 doubles, while getting a free base 464 times and notching 691 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .328 as well as a team batting average of .257 over the course of the season. The Cardinals hold a team SLG% of .430 and they score 4.90 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,068 instances (26th in MLB) and have a total of 1,233 base knocks.

The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.269 in addition to having a FIP of 3.99 as a unit this year. They rank 19th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,168. The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 563 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.85 (535 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.43 (1,015 strikeouts against 418 walks). They have allowed 131 homers and they allow 4.05 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

With 107 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 58 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 49 save opportunities and they have tallied 33 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 115 times in high leverage situations and on 142 occasions with runners on. St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 34.9% of 215 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 12th in MLB with a save percentage of 67.3%, and they have dispatched 402 relievers to the hill on the season.

The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 159 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (1st in professional baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 1,510 assists, 58 errors and have 3,752 putouts for the year. In 11,256 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals hold a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (9th in professional baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Wainwright has given up 2,400 base hits while he has earned 2,138 strikeouts in 2,548 innings. He has given up a total of 949 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.211 and a FIP of 3.4. His K/BB ratio is 3.12 and he has gone up against 10,542 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. Wainwright (194-114 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.35 earned run average while allowing 8.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis

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