Milwaukee Brewers vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/7/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (14-17) will compete against the Milwaukee Brewers (18-14) on Sunday. The expected starting pitchers are Adrian Houser and Ross Stripling.

As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are notching 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 15th in the league. They have accumulated 141 runs scored and have an OBP of .318. The Brewers have hit 44 doubles as a team and have hit 36 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 135 runs batted in and 255 hits for the year, while their team batting average is at .242. Milwaukee has a slugging rate of .390 and have struck out 295 times, while being walked on 114 occasions.

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The Brewers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.59 on the season (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 246 batters. Brewers pitchers have allowed 36 long balls and 125 runs in total (5th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 101 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.48 as a unit for the season. Milwaukee has allowed 253 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 113 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.44 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25.

The Brewers have dispatched 100 relievers to the hill so far this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 37 base runners over the course of the season with 29.7% of those players crossed the plate. They have tallied 9 saves so far this year and have missed out on 5 out of their 14 save chances. The Brewers relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 64.3% and has entered the game in 31 save situations. The bullpen have 17 holds on the year (14th in baseball). Brewers relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 26 times in addition to having 30 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Brewers have transformed 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 2,547 innings, which ranks them 5th in professional baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have notched a total of 849 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 295 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them sitting 13th in pro baseball, and have a total of 28 double plays.

Houser (23-29 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.24 and he has gone up against 1,829 opposing hitters in the majors. He has given up 399 base knocks (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has 178 walks. His earned run average is 3.97 (189 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.348. Houser has taken the ball for 428 innings and has 343 strikeouts in his career.

The San Francisco Giants have earned a team on-base percentage of .322 in addition to a batting average of .240 on the campaign. They have struck out on 325 instances (1st in baseball) and have tallied 253 base hits. San Francisco has accumulated 51 home runs on the campaign and 138 runs batted in. The Giants have a team SLG% of .426 and they earn 4.55 runs per contest (12th in baseball). They have 40 doubles, while getting a free base 110 times and notching 141 runs.

The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 157 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.55 (139 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 42 homers and they surrender 5.13 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.319 with a FIP of 4.34 as a team on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.10 (280 strikeouts vs 83 free passes). They are currently ranked 21st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 280.

San Francisco has called on relievers to enter the contest in 13 save chances and they have recorded 8 saves. They are ranked 18th in the league with a save percentage of 61.5%, and they have dispatched 96 relief pitchers onto the field for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 33 times in high leverage situations in addition to 34 occasions with base runners. San Francisco relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.3% out of their 51 inherited runners. Sitting with 28 save situations, the Giants have accumulated 14 holds and 5 blown saves.

Out of their 2,481 innings played, the Giants are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 66.7% (26th in professional baseball). The San Francisco Giants have turned 29 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (30th in pro baseball). The Giants have accrued 302 assists, 25 errors and have a total of 827 putouts on the season.

Thus far in his career, Stripling has allowed 669 hits while he has accumulated 641 K's in 692 innings pitched. Stripling (38-39 career win-loss record) has a 3.85 earned run average and has surrendered 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 296 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.203 and having a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 3.91 and he has faced 2,875 batters in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Francisco

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