St. Louis Cardinals vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 9/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+154) Baltimore (-185)

The Baltimore Orioles (90-52) will go up against the St. Louis Cardinals (63-80) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Cardinals at +154 and the Orioles are sitting at -185. The total is set at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers are Adam Wainwright and John Means.

As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 16th in the league. They have racked up 655 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .328. The Cardinals have compiled 235 doubles as a team and have hit 196 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 634 runs batted in in addition to 1,235 hits for the season, and their team batting average sits at .253. St. Louis is slugging .426 and have been called out on strikes 1,193 times, while being walked on 494 occasions.

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The Cardinals have an earned run average of 4.75 on the year (25th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,085 batters. Cardinals pitchers have yielded 155 home runs and also 726 runs in total (24th in baseball). They have walked 463 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.38 as a unit over the course of the season. St. Louis has relinquished 1,364 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 665 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.45.

Cardinals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 153 times in addition to having 146 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 76 holds on the season (15th in baseball). The Cardinals relievers have a save percentage of 53.6% and has entered the game in 134 save situations. They have recorded 30 saves on the season and have not converted 26 of 56 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 244 base runners so far this year with 30.7% of them earned a run for their team. The Cardinals have dispatched 424 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated 3,781 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,402 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which is 2nd in pro baseball, and have accumulated 127 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 67.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 11,343 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 30th in pro baseball.

Wainwright has taken the mound for 2,656 frames and has racked up 2,196 K's in his MLB career. Wainwright (198-128 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.54 and he has gone up against 11,066 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.54 (1,045 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.241. He has given up 2,566 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 731 walks.

The Orioles hold a team slugging % of .430 and they are recording 5.13 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have hit 275 doubles, while taking a walk 447 times and notching 728 runs. Baltimore has 168 home runs this season as well as 705 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,177 occasions (21st in the league) and are sitting with 1,251 base knocks. The Baltimore Orioles have tallied an on-base percentage of .324 as well as a team batting average of .258 on the campaign.

The Orioles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.266 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.01 as a squad on the season. They rank 17th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,192. The Baltimore pitching staff have allowed 610 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.04 (572 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.10 (1,283 strikeouts vs 421 walks). They have surrendered 160 HR's and they allow 4.31 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

Sitting with 172 save situations, the Orioles have tallied 97 holds and 28 blown saves. Baltimore has had relief pitchers take the mound in 72 save chances and they have walked away with 44 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 181 times in high leverage situations and also on 168 occasions with base runners. Baltimore relievers have an inherited score percentage of 34.7% out of 245 inherited base runners. They sit at 18th in MLB holding a save percentage of 61.1%, and they have sent 486 relievers to the hill so far this year.

In 11,466 innings played, the Orioles hold a efficiency on defense of 69.0% (16th in professional baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 126 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in baseball). The Orioles have accrued 1,249 assists, 58 errors and have amassed 3,822 putouts this year.

Thus far in his career, Means has given up 313 hits while tallying 308 strikeouts in 356 frames. Means (20-24 record in his career) has a 3.81 ERA while giving up 7.9 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 151 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.082 and a FIP of 4.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.22 and he has faced 1,453 batters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis (+154)

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