St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 4/14/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2022

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

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

The St. Louis Cardinals (3-1) are en route to American Family Field on Thursday where they will attempt to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers (2-3). The moneyline on this game has St. Louis at +130 while Milwaukee opens at -150. The over/under has been set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Miles Mikolas and Brandon Woodruff.

St. Louis has a slugging % of .527 and have struck out 26 times, while drawing a walk on 15 occasions. They have accumulated 25 runs batted in and 35 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average sits at .271. The Cardinals have accumulated 9 doubles as a squad and have hit 8 balls out of the park. They have racked up 25 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .347. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are putting up 6.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 3rd in baseball.

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Cardinals pitchers have given up 4 home runs and also 16 runs in total (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 11 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.63 as a unit on the campaign. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.91 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.36. The Cardinals hold a team earned run average of 4.00 over the course of the season (18th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 32 batters.

Cardinals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 4 times in addition to having 1 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 5 holds so far this year (7th in baseball). The Cardinals bullpen have earned a save percentage of 100.0% and has come into the game in 6 save situations. They have 1 save this season and have blown 0 out of their 1 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 6 runners for the season and 16.7% of them earned a run for their team. The Cardinals have sent 15 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Cardinals have converted 66.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 324 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 25th in baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting with 108 putouts this season, in addition to 44 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which is 11th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 6 double plays.

Mikolas (33-27 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.00 while going up against 2,183 batters in the majors. He has given up 524 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has 108 walks. His earned run average is 3.86 (225 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.205. Mikolas has taken the hill for 524 innings and is sitting with 384 K's in his career.

Milwaukee has knocked in 3 home runs for the season as well as 13 RBIs. They have 11 two-baggers, while getting a free base 19 times as well as earning 14 runs. The Milwaukee Brewers hold a team on-base percentage of .304 as well as a team batting average of .213 on the season. The Brewers have a team SLG% of .338 and they are earning 2.80 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have been rung up on 41 occasions (20th in the league) and have accounted for 34 hits.

The Milwaukee pitching staff have conceded 24 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.71 (22 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 3 dingers and they allow 5.14 runs per 9 innings (22nd in baseball). The Brewers hold a team WHIP of 1.524 and have a FIP of 4.00 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.69 (49 strikeouts against 29 walks). They sit at 13th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 35.

Milwaukee relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 40.0% of 10 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 9 times in high leverage situations in addition to 6 occasions with runners on base. With 7 save situations, the Brewers have accrued 4 holds and 1 blown save. They are ranked 13th in MLB with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have sent 19 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year. Milwaukee has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 3 save chances and they have earned 2 saves.

The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 3 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .976 (28th in pro baseball). The Brewers have 38 assists, 4 errors and have accumulated 126 putouts this season. In their 378 innings on the field, the Brewers hold a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (24th in professional baseball).

In his career, Woodruff has given up 379 hits and he has 526 punch outs in 463 innings pitched. Woodruff (28-22 career record) is the owner of a 3.34 earned run average while giving up 7.4 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 172 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.081 and having a FIP of 3.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.31 and he has faced 1,876 hitters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (+130)

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