St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies Prediction, 7/1/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies

Date: Friday, July 1, 2022

Location: Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+110) Philadelphia (-130)

The St. Louis Cardinals (43-35) are en route to Citizens Bank Park on Friday where they will try to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies (39-37). The moneyline on this contest has the Cardinals at +110 while the Phillies are opening at -130. The over/under is 9.5. The men taking the mound will be Miles Mikolas and Bailey Falter.

The Cardinals have accumulated 134 doubles as a team and have hit 82 balls out of the park. St. Louis has a slugging percentage of .408 and have been called out on strikes 593 times, while taking a walk on 238 occasions. As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are knocking in 4.8 runs per outing, which is 5th in baseball. They have amassed 352 runs batted in in addition to 670 hits this season, and their batting average is sitting at .255. They have tallied 370 runs scored while having a team OBP of .322.

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Cardinals pitchers have surrendered 74 home runs and 299 total runs (7th in the league). They have walked 248 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.13 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.27 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.28. The Cardinals are sitting with a team ERA of 3.76 on the campaign (10th in MLB), and they have rung up 563 batters.

The Cardinals bullpen have a save percentage of 69.2% and has come into the game in 59 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 116 runners this season with 31.9% of them ended up crossing the plate. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 75 times in addition to having 55 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 227 relievers to the hill this season. The relief pitchers have racked up 33 holds for the season (24th in MLB). They have recorded 18 saves for the year and have blown 8 of their 26 save chances.

The Cardinals have converted 70.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 6,144 innings on the diamond, ranking them 10th in baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have 2,048 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 807 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which puts them in 3rd in baseball, and have a total of 83 double plays.

Mikolas (38-32 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.90 while facing 2,538 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 590 base hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 125 free passes. His earned run average is 3.66 (250 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.162. Mikolas has thrown 615 frames and has tallied 461 punch outs so far in his career.

The Phillies hold a slugging percentage of .413 and they are scoring 4.73 runs per outing (8th in MLB). They have put up 122 doubles, while getting a free base 244 times and recording 355 runs. Philadelphia has compiled 93 long balls this year as well as 336 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 637 occasions (11th in the league) and have recorded 630 base hits. The Philadelphia Phillies are sitting with an OBP of .316 as well as a team batting average of .247 for the season.

The Phillies have a WHIP of 1.249 and have a FIP of 3.67 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.92 (668 strikeouts against 229 walks). They rank 16th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 604. They have given up 69 homers and they yield 4.34 runs per 9 innings (16th in MLB). The Philadelphia pitching staff have surrendered 322 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.89 (288 earned runs given up).

Philadelphia has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 26 save chances and they have walked away with 17 saves. They sit at 14th in the league with a save rate of 65.4%, and they have sent 249 relievers onto the diamond on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 74 times in high leverage situations in addition to 80 occasions with base runners. Philadelphia relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.0% out of their 120 inherited runners. Sitting with 69 save situations, the Phillies have earned 42 holds in addition to 9 blown saves.

In their 6,003 innings on the diamond, the Phillies have a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (20th in MLB). The Philadelphia Phillies have gotten 56 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in baseball). The Phillies have accrued 666 assists, 40 errors and have earned a total of 2,001 putouts so far this season.

Thus far in his career, Falter has surrendered 56 base hits while accumulating 47 punch outs in 53 innings pitched. He has allowed 31 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.267 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.92 and he has gone up against 226 opposing batters thus far in his career. Falter (2-3 career record) holds a 5.20 ERA and has conceded 9.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Philadelphia (-130)

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