San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, June 12, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

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

The St. Louis Cardinals (27-38) host the San Francisco Giants (32-32) at Busch Stadium on Monday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Giants at -120 while the Cardinals are priced at +100. The betting total comes in at 9. The starting pitchers will be Logan Webb and Matthew Liberatore.

The Giants have compiled 110 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 80 balls out of the park. San Francisco is slugging .413 and have struck out 629 times, while taking a walk on 215 occasions. As a team, the San Francisco Giants are recording 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball. They have accrued 285 runs batted in and 536 hits on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .246. They are sitting with 289 runs while holding a team OBP of .321.

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The Giants have an earned run average of 4.00 on the campaign (12th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 562 batters. Giants pitchers have conceded 69 home runs and 284 total runs (16th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 178 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.98 as a team for the year. San Francisco has given up 538 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) and 252 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.16 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.26.

The Giants have sent 194 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 93 runners for the year and 26.9% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have accumulated 21 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 7 of their 28 chances to save the game. The Giants relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 75.0% and has entered the game in 61 save situations. The bullpen have accumulated 31 holds so far this season (23rd in baseball). Giants pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 60 times in addition to having 60 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Seattle Mariners have 1,703 putouts on the year, as well as 631 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .981 which has them ranked 29th in pro baseball, and have a total of 61 double plays. The Giants have transformed 68.0% of balls in play into outs in their 5,109 innings, which ranks them 23rd in MLB.

Webb (35-25 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.22 while he has faced 2,137 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 482 base hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) with 140 free passes. His earned run average is 3.42 (197 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.198. Webb has taken the ball for 519 innings and is sitting with 489 strikeouts thus far in his career.

St. Louis has compiled 90 home runs for the year to go along with 291 RBIs. They have tallied 108 two-baggers, while taking a walk 228 times and putting up 301 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting with an OBP of .324 in addition to a batting average of .250 for the year. The Cardinals have a team SLG% of .425 and they tally 4.63 runs per contest (10th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 527 occasions (23rd in the league) and have a total of 554 base hits.

The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.441 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.10 as a team so far this year. They are sitting at 28th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 599. The St. Louis pitching staff have allowed 301 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.29 (272 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (548 strikeouts against 224 bases on balls). They have allowed 63 long balls and they concede 4.74 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB).

With 58 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 30 holds in addition to 13 blown saves. St. Louis has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 28 save chances and they have converted 15 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 74 times in high leverage situations in addition to 76 occasions with runners on base. St. Louis bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.0% out of their 125 inherited runners. They are ranked 26th in MLB with a save rate of 53.6%, and they have dispatched 197 relievers onto the diamond on the campaign.

The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 57 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .988 (7th in baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 603 assists, 27 errors and have earned a total of 1,713 putouts this season. In 5,139 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 66.3% (30th in baseball).

Thus far in his career, Liberatore has given up 58 base knocks while tallying 39 strikeouts in 49 innings pitched. Liberatore (3-4 career mark) is the owner of a 5.98 ERA and has allowed 10.5 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 33 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.691 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.50 and he has faced 232 batters in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (-120)

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