St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies Prediction, 7/2/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies

Date: Saturday, July 2, 2022

Location: Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

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

The St. Louis Cardinals (43-35) are traveling to Citizens Bank Park on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies (40-37). The line on this contest has the Cardinals at +100 while the Phillies are at -120. The total comes in at 9. The starting pitchers are Matthew Liberatore and Kyle Gibson.

As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.8 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 7th in the league. They have earned 373 runs scored and have an OBP of .321. The Cardinals have compiled 136 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 82 balls out of the park. They have tallied 355 RBI's and 677 hits so far this season, and their team batting average is at .254. St. Louis has a slugging percentage of .408 and have struck out 596 times, while being walked on 240 occasions.

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The Cardinals have a team ERA of 3.76 on the year (8th in MLB), and they have rung up 569 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 250 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.12 as a squad so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.28 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.27. Cardinals pitchers have surrendered 75 long balls in addition to 303 runs (6th in MLB).

The Cardinals relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 66.7% and stepped onto the hill in 61 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 116 runners so far this year and 31.9% of those players earned a run for their team. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 75 times in addition to having 57 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 229 relievers to the hill this year. The relievers have a total of 34 holds on the year (25th in the league). They have compiled 18 saves on the year and have blown 9 of their 27 chances to get a save.

The St. Louis Cardinals have earned 2,075 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 822 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding rate is at .989 which is 3rd in baseball, and have accumulated 85 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 70.9% of balls in play into outs in their 6,225 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 9th in the majors.

Liberatore has taken the ball for 18 innings and has earned 15 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.00 (8 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.611. He has conceded 19 hits (9.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 10 walks. Liberatore (2-1 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 6.02 while he has faced 82 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Phillies hold a team slugging % of .417 and they score 4.81 runs per outing (5th in baseball). They have 125 two-baggers, while getting a free base 252 times and scoring 370 runs. Philadelphia has recorded 99 HRs on the campaign as well as 351 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 651 occasions (12th in baseball) and have earned a total of 647 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 team WHIP of 1.245 in addition to having a FIP of 3.67 as a staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.96 (686 strikeouts vs 232 walks). They are currently ranked 16th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 621. They have yielded 72 HR's and they surrender 4.34 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league). The Philadelphia pitching staff have relinquished 330 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.89 (296 earned runs yielded).

Philadelphia relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.5% out of their 121 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 74 times in high leverage situations in addition to 81 occasions with runners on. With 69 save situations, the Phillies have earned 42 holds and also 9 blown saves. They are currently ranked 14th in MLB holding a save percentage of 65.4%, and they have sent 254 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. Philadelphia has called on relievers to enter the game in 26 save chances and they have tallied 17 saves.

The Philadelphia Phillies have gotten 57 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (13th in baseball). The Phillies have accrued 684 assists, 40 errors and have accounted for 2,055 putouts for the year. In 6,165 innings on the diamond, the Phillies have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (20th in the majors).

Gibson (83-86 career mark) has earned a 4.45 earned run average and has surrendered 9.2 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.21 and he has faced 6,085 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. He has allowed 701 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.384 and having a FIP of 4.3. During his MLB career, Gibson has surrendered 1,451 hits while accumulating 1,126 strikeouts in 1,416 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Philadelphia (-120)

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