St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 4/28/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Friday, April 28, 2023

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Dodger Stadium is where the Los Angeles Dodgers (13-12) will try to beat the St. Louis Cardinals (9-16) on Friday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Jack Flaherty and Dustin May.

As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which is 18th in MLB. They are sitting with 111 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .342. The Cardinals have accumulated 46 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 30 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 108 RBI's as well as 229 hits on the year, and their team batting average is .267. St. Louis owns a slugging percentage of .430 and have struck out 202 times, while taking a walk on 92 occasions.

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The Cardinals have a team ERA of 4.59 this season (20th in the league), and their staff has rung up 229 hitters. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 31 home runs and also 122 runs (22nd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 86 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.35 as a unit on the campaign. St. Louis has yielded 235 hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 112 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.66 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.46.

The Cardinals have sent 80 relievers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 46 runners for the year and 32.6% of them crossed home plate. They have earned 4 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 5 of their 9 save opportunities. The Cardinals relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 44.4% and has entered the game in 18 save situations. The relief pitchers have 9 holds on the season (23rd in MLB). Cardinals relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 31 times and also have had 25 appearances in high leverage situations.

The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 659 putouts for the season, in addition to 244 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which has them sitting 15th in baseball, and they have turned 28 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 65.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 1,977 innings, which has them sitting 29th in baseball.

Flaherty has pitched in 550 innings and has 626 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.40 (208 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.120. He has given up 410 base knocks (6.7 hits per nine innings) with 207 free passes. Flaherty (36-27 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.98 and he has gone up against 2,252 batters during his time in the majors.

Los Angeles has 45 long balls on the year and 128 runs batted in. They have 36 two-baggers, while walking 113 times and putting up 130 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have earned an OBP of .321 as well as a team batting average of .226 so far this season. The Dodgers have a team SLG% of .449 and they score 5.20 runs per outing (8th in baseball). They have been rung up on 237 occasions (5th in the league) and have earned a total of 185 base hits.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have allowed 117 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.64 (113 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 28 HR's and they surrender 4.81 runs per 9 innings (18th in MLB). The Dodgers have a team WHIP of 1.315 with a FIP of 4.23 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.30 (201 strikeouts against 64 walks). They sit at 23rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 224.

With 14 save situations, the Dodgers have earned 7 holds and also 2 blown saves. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 7 save opportunities and they have earned 5 saves. Their relievers have come in 20 times in high leverage situations and also on 30 occasions with runners on. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 27.5% of 51 inherited runners. They sit at 10th in the league with a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 83 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the campaign.

In 1,971 innings on the field, the Dodgers are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 67.9% (23rd in MLB). The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 20 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .990 (6th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have recorded 220 assists, 9 errors and have 657 putouts on the campaign.

During his career, May has given up 132 base knocks while he has totaled 159 punch outs in 173 innings pitched. He has allowed a total of 62 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.058 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.12 and he has faced 699 opposing hitters during his MLB career. May (10-9 career record) has earned a 3.23 earned run average while giving up 6.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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