St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 8/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-205) Cincinnati (+175)

Great American Ball Park is where the Cincinnati Reds (50-76) will go up against the St. Louis Cardinals (74-54) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has St. Louis at -205 and Cincinnati is at +175. The over/under comes in at 9.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Dakota Hudson and Justin Dunn.

The Cardinals have accrued 225 doubles as a team and have hit 157 balls out of the park. St. Louis has a slugging rate of .428 and have been called out on strikes 987 times, while taking a walk on 420 occasions. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are putting up 4.9 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 4th in the league. They have compiled 599 runs batted in and 1,128 base knocks so far this year, while their batting average sits at .259. They have notched a total of 625 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .331.

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Cardinals pitchers have conceded 118 home runs in addition to 508 total runs (9th in MLB). They have walked 378 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.96 as a team for the year. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.47 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. The Cardinals are sitting with a team ERA of 3.83 on the campaign (12th in the league), and the staff has rung up 935 batters.

The Cardinals bullpen have earned a save percentage of 64.4% and has entered the game in 100 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 195 base runners for the season and 35.4% of those players earned a run for their team. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with players on base 126 times and also have had 104 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 361 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The relievers have a total of 55 holds this season (24th in MLB). They have accumulated 29 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 16 of their 45 save chances.

The St. Louis Cardinals have accounted for 3,395 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,344 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which has them sitting 2nd in the majors, and have a total of 136 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 70.6% of balls in play into outs out of 10,185 innings, ranking them 6th in MLB.

Hudson has pitched in 371 innings and has racked up 262 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Hudson (31-16 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.58 while going up against 1,572 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.49 (144 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.345. He has allowed 324 base knocks (7.9 hits per 9 innings) with 175 walks.

Cincinnati has compiled 120 HRs on the campaign and 514 RBIs. They have put up 193 doubles, while taking a walk 346 times as well as scoring 536 runs. The Cincinnati Reds hold an OBP of .308 as well as a team batting average of .241 this season. The Reds hold a team SLG% of .379 and they average 4.25 runs per contest (19th in the league). They have struck out on 1,134 instances (4th in MLB) and have tallied 1,009 hits.

The Cincinnati pitching staff have conceded 645 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.98 (611 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 169 home runs and they yield 5.26 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Reds have a WHIP of 1.411 in addition to having a FIP of 4.62 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.36 (1,094 strikeouts vs 463 bases on balls). They rank 23rd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,094.

Sitting with 94 save situations, the Reds have amassed 50 holds and also 19 blown saves. Cincinnati has called on relievers to enter the contest in 44 save chances and they have tallied 25 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 111 times in high leverage situations and on 129 occasions with runners on. Cincinnati relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.7% of 196 inherited runners. They are ranked 24th in the league with a save percentage of 56.8%, and they have sent 443 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

In 9,933 innings on the diamond, the Reds have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.3% (26th in professional baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 80 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in professional baseball). The Reds have racked up 979 assists, 61 errors and have notched a total of 3,311 putouts this year.

During his pro baseball career, Dunn has given up 89 hits and he has 107 K's in 122 innings. Dunn (6-6 record in his career) has a 4.13 earned run average and has conceded 6.6 hits per nine innings. He has given up 56 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.377 and having a FIP of 5.9. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.35 and he has faced 530 opposing batters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis (-205)

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