Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/20/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-110) St. Louis (-110)

Busch Stadium is the site where the St. Louis Cardinals (19-26) will try to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers (28-17) on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Dodgers at -110 while the Cardinals are coming in at -110. The betting total is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Noah Syndergaard and Miles Mikolas.

Los Angeles is slugging .448 and have struck out 401 times, while being walked on 200 occasions. They have compiled 239 runs batted in in addition to 345 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average comes in at .231. The Dodgers have hit 81 doubles as a unit and have knocked 74 balls out of the park. They have earned 245 runs scored while having a team OBP of .325. As a squad, the Los Angeles Dodgers are compiling 5.4 runs/g, which has them at 4th in the league.

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The Dodgers are sitting with a team ERA of 4.20 so far this season (15th in the league), and the staff has struck out 381 batters. Dodgers pitchers have relinquished 53 home runs in addition to 196 runs (16th in MLB). They have walked 123 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.18 as a unit this year. Los Angeles has conceded 372 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 186 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.24.

The Dodgers relievers have a save percentage of 70.6% and has come into the game in 39 save situations. The relievers have inherited 82 base runners this year with 24.4% of them ended up crossing the plate. Dodgers relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 52 times and also have had 38 appearances in high leverage situations. The Dodgers have sent 152 relievers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers have accumulated 22 holds for the year (18th in baseball). They have earned 12 saves so far this year and have missed out on 5 of their 17 chances to save the game.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have 1,197 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 387 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which puts them in 13th in pro baseball, and have a total of 34 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,591 innings on the field, which ranks them 12th in the majors.

Syndergaard has thrown 889 frames and is sitting with 898 strikeouts in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.52 (348 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.184. He has given up 851 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 202 free passes. Syndergaard (58-44 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.14 while he has gone up against 3,671 hitters in the majors.

St. Louis has compiled 65 home runs on the season as well as 221 RBIs. They have put up 80 doubles, while walking 160 times and scoring 229 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have an OBP of .336 and a team batting average of .264 over the course of the season. The Cardinals have a team slugging % of .445 and they average 5.09 runs per game (7th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 366 occasions (22nd in the league) and have earned a total of 413 base hits.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.451 in addition to having a FIP of 4.35 as a unit for the season. They rank 29th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 412. The St. Louis pitching staff have conceded 212 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.29 (189 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.80 (389 strikeouts vs 163 bases on balls). They have allowed 51 dingers and they relinquish 4.82 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball).

With 40 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 21 holds and also 11 blown saves. St. Louis has called on relievers to enter the game in 19 save opportunities and they have earned 8 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 47 times in high leverage situations and on 56 occasions with base runners. St. Louis relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 32.2% out of 90 inherited runners. They rank 29th in the league with a save percentage of 42.1%, and they have dispatched 141 relief pitchers to the hill this year.

The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 48 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (8th in pro baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 435 assists, 19 errors and are sitting with 1,190 putouts so far this year. In their 3,570 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 66.5% (29th in baseball).

Mikolas (47-41 career win-loss mark) has a 3.77 earned run average while conceding 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.63 and he has gone up against 3,187 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has surrendered 323 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.178 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. During his MLB career, Mikolas has surrendered 749 base hits and he has 577 K's in 770 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (-110)

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