St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 9/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Friday, September 23, 2022

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

The St. Louis Cardinals (87-63) are hitting the road to Dodger Stadium on Friday where they will try to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers (103-46). The expected starting pitchers are Jose Quintana and Andrew Heaney.

As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are knocking in 4.8 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They have racked up 713 runs while having a team OBP of .327. The Cardinals have accrued 262 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 183 balls out of the park. They have earned 685 runs batted in as well as 1,282 hits on the campaign, and their average at the plate is at .254. St. Louis has a slugging percentage of .423 and have struck out 1,121 times, while taking a walk on 493 occasions.

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The Cardinals have an ERA of 3.80 this year (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,077 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 440 opposing players and their FIP is 3.96 as a team for the year. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.45 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.27. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 137 home runs in addition to 589 runs (9th in the league).

Cardinals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with players on base 148 times as well as having 122 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 62 holds over the course of the season (25th in the league). The Cardinals relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 68.6% and has come into the game in 113 save situations. They have accumulated 35 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 16 out of their 51 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 223 base runners on the year with 34.5% of them ended up scoring. The Cardinals have sent 425 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a total of 3,971 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,591 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .989 which ranks 1st in professional baseball, and they have twisted 165 double plays. The Cardinals have turned 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 11,913 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball.

Quintana has taken the ball for 1,709 innings and has earned 1,519 punch outs during his career. Quintana (88-86 career mark) has a FIP of 3.63 and he has faced 7,167 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.78 (717 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.281. He has conceded 1,688 base knocks (8.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 501 free passes.

The Dodgers have a team slugging % of .451 and they average 5.39 runs per outing (1st in MLB). They have recorded 306 two-baggers, while getting a free base 559 times as well as putting up 798 runs. Los Angeles has tallied 201 HRs this season as well as 764 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,244 occasions (17th in the league) and have notched a total of 1,320 base hits. The Los Angeles Dodgers have tallied a team OBP of .337 in addition to a team batting average of .260 so far this season.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 468 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 2.79 (410 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 138 homers and they give up 3.18 runs per 9 innings (1st in MLB). The Dodgers have a WHIP of 1.046 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.47 as a staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.54 (1,327 strikeouts against 375 walks). They have a ranking of 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,009.

Los Angeles relievers have an inherited score percentage of 25.8% out of their 132 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 121 times in high leverage situations in addition to 96 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 145 save situations, the Dodgers have accrued 86 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. They are ranked 10th in the league with a save percentage of 68.4%, and they have dispatched 509 relievers to the hill for the season. Los Angeles has called on relievers to enter the contest in 57 save opportunities and they have earned 39 saves.

In their 11,913 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers have a defensive efficiency of 73.1% (1st in the majors). The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 108 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have racked up 1,225 assists, 75 errors and have earned 3,971 putouts this year.

In his pro baseball career, Heaney has conceded 670 base knocks while he has accumulated 742 strikeouts in 695 frames. Heaney (35-40 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.54 earned run average while giving up 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 351 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.244 and a FIP of 4.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.81 and he has faced 2,943 batters thus far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis

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