St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 9/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+114) Milwaukee (-135)

American Family Field is the site where the Milwaukee Brewers (88-68) will try to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals (68-88) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Cardinals at +114 while the Brewers are sitting at -135. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Zach Thompson and Adrian Houser.

St. Louis is slugging .418 and have been called out on strikes 1,284 times, while drawing a walk on 545 occasions. They have compiled 671 runs batted in in addition to 1,329 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average is .250. The Cardinals have compiled 250 doubles as a unit and have hit 206 baseballs out of the stadium. They are sitting with 692 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .325. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which is 18th in the league.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.26 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Cardinals pitchers have relinquished 170 long balls and 794 runs in total (24th in the league). St. Louis has yielded 1,489 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and also 730 earned runs. The Cardinals have an earned run average of 4.77 this season (24th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,165 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 516 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.43 as a unit this year.

The Cardinals relievers have compiled a save rate of 54.8% and has stepped onto the mound in 151 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 262 base runners this season with 31.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Cardinals relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 166 times and also have had 160 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 466 relief pitchers to the mound this season. The bullpen have 87 holds over the course of the season (12th in baseball). They have 34 saves this year and have missed out on 28 out of their 62 chances to save the game.

The St. Louis Cardinals have 4,129 putouts this season, in addition to 1,554 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .989 which has them ranked 3rd in professional baseball, and have 148 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 67.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,387 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 30th in baseball.

Thompson (6-17 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.42 and he has faced 858 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 201 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 74 walks. His ERA is 4.44 (97 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.398. Thompson has pitched in 196 innings and has accumulated 156 K's in his MLB career.

The Brewers have a team slugging percentage of .386 and they average 4.53 runs per contest (17th in MLB). They have tallied 242 doubles, while taking a walk 567 times and putting up 707 runs. Milwaukee has accumulated 162 home runs so far this year as well as 676 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,361 instances (12th in MLB) and have 1,245 base knocks. The Milwaukee Brewers have a team OBP of .319 in addition to a team batting average of .240 this year.

The Brewers hold a team WHIP of 1.185 with a FIP of 4.23 as a unit on the campaign. They come in at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,175. The Milwaukee pitching staff have surrendered 628 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.75 (578 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (1,367 strikeouts against 470 bases on balls). They have yielded 192 long balls and they concede 4.07 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball).

With 168 save situations, the Brewers have earned 99 holds in addition to 24 blown saves. Milwaukee has had relief pitchers take the mound in 68 save chances and they have tallied 44 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 170 times in high leverage situations and also on 117 occasions with runners on base. Milwaukee bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 31.7% out of 161 inherited runners. They sit at 11th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.7%, and they have sent 498 relief pitchers onto the diamond for the year.

In their 12,492 innings on the diamond, the Brewers hold a defensive efficiency of 71.9% (1st in pro baseball). The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 110 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (11th in baseball). The Brewers have recorded 1,364 assists, 74 errors and have earned a total of 4,164 putouts over the course of the season.

So far in his career, Houser has given up 514 hits while he has totaled 429 K's in 529 innings pitched. Houser (30-33 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.05 ERA and has surrendered 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 238 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.364 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.06 and he has gone up against 2,270 opposing hitters during his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (+114)

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