St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 6/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-120) Milwaukee (+100)

The Milwaukee Brewers (39-30) are welcoming the St. Louis Cardinals (38-31) at American Family Field on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has St. Louis at -120 and Milwaukee is coming in at +100. The betting total is set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Adam Wainwright and Eric Lauer.

As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which puts them at 6th in MLB. They have racked up 331 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .323. The Cardinals have recorded 118 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 71 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 315 RBI's in addition to 600 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average is sitting at .254. St. Louis has a slugging rate of .401 and have struck out 519 times, while being walked on 222 occasions.

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Cardinals pitchers have conceded 67 home runs and 272 total runs (9th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 219 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.15 as a squad for the season. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.28 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.28. The Cardinals hold a team earned run average of 3.81 for the season (10th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 499 batters.

The Cardinals have dispatched 202 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have inherited 103 runners this season and 32.0% of those runners ended up scoring. They have recorded 16 saves on the season and have blown 6 of their 22 save opportunities. The Cardinals bullpen have earned a save percentage of 72.7% and has come into the game in 51 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 29 holds on the campaign (24th in MLB). Cardinals bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 68 times in addition to having 48 appearances in high leverage situations.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a total of 1,832 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 716 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .989 which is 3rd in pro baseball, and have earned 70 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 70.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,496 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 10th in pro baseball.

Wainwright has taken the ball for 2,455 frames and has tallied 2,064 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Wainwright (189-110 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.43 and he has gone up against 10,154 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.34 (912 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.211. He has surrendered 2,308 base hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 665 free passes.

The Brewers hold a slugging percentage of .400 and they are scoring 4.36 runs per game (15th in the league). They have 98 doubles, while getting a free base 226 times as well as scoring 301 runs. Milwaukee has 89 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 293 RBIs. They have been rung up on 609 occasions (5th in the league) and have earned 535 base knocks. The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated an OBP of .309 in addition to a team batting average of .233 this season.

The Brewers hold a team WHIP of 1.236 with a FIP of 3.70 as a squad this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.94 (643 strikeouts vs 219 walks). They are sitting at 13th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 534. They have surrendered 70 homers and they allow 4.18 runs per 9 innings (13th in baseball). The Milwaukee pitching staff have yielded 283 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.63 (246 earned runs relinquished).

Milwaukee has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 35 save chances and they have converted 27 saves. They sit at 3rd in baseball with a save rate of 77.1%, and they have dispatched 219 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their relievers have taken the field 81 times in high leverage situations and on 48 occasions with runners on base. Milwaukee relievers hold an inherited score rate of 30.0% out of 80 inherited base runners. Sitting with 83 save situations, the Brewers have 48 holds in addition to 8 blown saves.

In their 5,484 innings played, the Brewers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (16th in MLB). The Milwaukee Brewers have gotten 45 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .983 (19th in professional baseball). The Brewers have recorded 613 assists, 41 errors and have 1,828 putouts on the campaign.

Lauer (27-26 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 4.17 ERA while giving up 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.60 and he has faced 1,990 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has conceded a total of 213 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.358 and having a FIP of 4.4. Thus far in his career, Lauer has surrendered 455 base hits and he has 439 punch outs in 459 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Milwaukee (+100)

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