Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Saturday, June 29, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

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

The Cincinnati Reds (38-43) are en route to Busch Stadium on Saturday where they will try to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals (41-39). The moneyline on this game has Cincinnati at +100 and St. Louis is at -120. The betting total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Carson Spiers and Sonny Gray.

As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are compiling 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 16th in MLB. They have 349 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .306. The Reds have accrued 126 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 79 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 328 RBI's and 607 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average is at .230. Cincinnati has a slugging rate of .379 and have been called out on strikes 717 times, while drawing a walk on 253 occasions.

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The Reds have a team ERA of 3.92 on the campaign (12th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 681 hitters. Reds pitchers have conceded 84 long balls and also 336 runs in total (11th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 251 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.04 as a squad on the year. Cincinnati has surrendered 640 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 311 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.71 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.25.

Reds pitchers have entered the game with runners on 66 times and also have had 78 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 47 holds so far this season (12th in the league). The Reds relievers have a save percentage of 79.2% and has come into the game in 72 save situations. They have compiled 19 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 5 of their 24 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 103 base runners this year with 27.2% of those runners crossed the plate. The Reds have sent 257 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

The Reds have converted 70.3% of balls in play into outs in their 6,432 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 12th in pro baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated 2,144 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 616 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which is 22nd in pro baseball, and they have turned 45 double plays.

Spiers has taken the hill for 44 frames and is sitting with 37 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.49 (22 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.451. He has given up 51 hits (10.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 13 walks. Spiers (1-2 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.42 and he has gone up against 196 hitters in the majors.

The Cardinals have a slugging percentage of .380 and they tally 4.01 runs per contest (25th in MLB). They have put up 120 doubles, while taking a walk 238 times and scoring 321 runs. St. Louis has hit 78 HRs on the campaign as well as 301 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 678 occasions (13th in the league) and have earned a total of 645 base knocks. The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated an on-base percentage of .307 in addition to a batting average of .240 for the year.

The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 359 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.99 (315 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 83 home runs and they allow 4.54 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.262 in addition to having a FIP of 3.90 as a squad for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.30 (659 strikeouts vs 235 walks). They sit at 18th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 662.

With 106 save situations, the Cardinals have accrued 64 holds and 11 blown saves. St. Louis has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 42 save chances and they have earned 31 saves. Their relievers have come in 90 times in high leverage situations and on 79 occasions with base runners. St. Louis relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 38.2% out of 110 inherited base runners. They rank 4th in baseball with a save rate of 73.8%, and they have sent 256 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 79 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 728 assists, 44 errors and have earned 2,133 putouts during this campaign. In 6,399 innings on the field, the Cardinals have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 69.3% (20th in pro baseball).

In his MLB career, Gray has surrendered 1,405 base knocks while tallying 1,624 strikeouts in 1,654 frames. Gray (107-89 career win-loss record) has a 3.44 earned run average while giving up 7.6 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 632 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.192 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.87 and he has gone up against 6,853 batters during his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (-120)

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