Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/15/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+130) St. Louis (-150)

The St. Louis Cardinals (35-27) will try to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates (24-35) at Busch Stadium on Wednesday. The line on this matchup has the Pirates at +130 while the Cardinals open at -150. The total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Roansy Contreras and Andre Pallante.

Pittsburgh is slugging .357 and have been called out on strikes 540 times, while drawing a walk on 180 occasions. They have 191 RBI's in addition to 430 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate sits at .224. The Pirates have accumulated 77 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 53 balls out of the park. They have a total of 204 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .293. As a unit, the Pittsburgh Pirates are notching 3.5 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 28th in baseball.

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Pirates pitchers have yielded 63 long balls in addition to 297 total runs (25th in the league). They have walked 211 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.26 as a unit so far this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.23 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.37. The Pirates have a team ERA of 4.52 on the year (25th in the league), and they have struck out 471 batters.

The Pirates bullpen have earned a save percentage of 63.6% and has come into the game in 53 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 93 base runners so far this year and 36.6% of those runners crossed home plate. Pirates relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 60 times and also have had 58 appearances in high leverage situations. The Pirates have dispatched 190 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have accumulated 28 holds over the course of the season (21st in baseball). They have 14 saves on the campaign and have blown 8 of 22 save chances.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a tally of 1,548 putouts thus far, as well as 528 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which is 29th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 45 double plays. The Pirates have converted 68.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,644 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 22nd in professional baseball.

Contreras has taken the ball for 31 innings and has earned 37 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 2.32 (8 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.194. He has surrendered 27 base knocks (7.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 10 walks. Contreras (1-1 career mark) has a FIP of 3.08 and he has faced 129 hitters in the majors.

The Cardinals hold a team slugging percentage of .395 and they average 4.76 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have put up 105 doubles, while walking 196 times and scoring 295 runs. St. Louis has compiled 61 long balls so far this season as well as 279 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 458 instances (25th in the league) and have recorded 536 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have a team on-base percentage of .320 in addition to a batting average of .253 this season.

The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.300 with a FIP of 4.20 as a unit this season. They are sitting at 23rd in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 516. The St. Louis pitching staff have conceded 248 runs this season while having a team ERA of 3.88 (237 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 (450 strikeouts vs 199 walks). They have relinquished 62 homers and they relinquish 4.06 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.4% out of their 93 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 46 times in high leverage situations and also on 60 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 47 save situations, the Cardinals have 26 holds and 6 blown saves. They are currently ranked 8th in baseball with a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 187 relief pitchers onto the field so far this season. St. Louis has called on relievers to enter the contest in 21 save opportunities and they have tallied 15 saves.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 61 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in professional baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 643 assists, 25 errors and have amassed 1,652 putouts over the course of the season. In their 4,956 innings played, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (11th in pro baseball).

In his career, Pallante has surrendered 33 base hits while totaling 24 K's in 34 frames. Pallante (2-0 career mark) has earned a 1.04 earned run average and has allowed 8.6 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 4 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.413 and having a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.50 and he has gone up against 148 batters during his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+130)

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