Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 4/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-116) St. Louis (-102)

The St. Louis Cardinals (9-10) will take on the Milwaukee Brewers (11-6) at Busch Stadium on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Brewers at -116 and the Cardinals are coming in at -102. The betting total is set at 7.5. The pitchers who are expected to start will be DL Hall and Miles Mikolas.

As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are notching 5.8 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in MLB. They have earned 98 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .351. The Brewers have earned 24 doubles as a squad and have hit 24 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accumulated 93 runs batted in as well as 165 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average is at .277. Milwaukee has a slugging percentage of .445 and have been called out on strikes 151 times, while drawing a walk on 63 occasions.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.04 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23. Brewers pitchers have given up 20 home runs and also 73 runs (4th in the league). Milwaukee has relinquished 140 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 64 earned runs. The Brewers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.81 over the course of the season (11th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 137 hitters. They have walked 45 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.14 as a squad on the season.

Brewers pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 17 times in addition to having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have accumulated 10 holds so far this year (18th in the league). The Brewers relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 66.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 19 save situations. They have recorded 6 saves on the year and have blown 3 of their 9 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 29 base runners on the year with 31.0% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Brewers have dispatched 57 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Brewers have turned 70.3% of balls in play into outs out of 1,359 innings, ranking them 11th in baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers are sitting with 453 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 152 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which puts them in 18th in professional baseball, and they have turned 10 double plays.

Hall has thrown 45 frames and has racked up 52 strikeouts so far in his career. His ERA is 5.12 (26 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.599. He has given up 57 base hits (11.2 hits per nine innings) and has 16 free passes. Hall (4-2 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.81 while he has faced 209 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Cardinals hold a team SLG% of .353 and they have an average of 3.68 runs per contest (25th in the league). They have recorded 30 two-baggers, while walking 58 times and scoring 70 runs. St. Louis has tallied 13 home runs for the year to go along with 66 RBIs. They have been rung up on 163 occasions (14th in the league) and are sitting with 140 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have compiled a team OBP of .300 and a batting average of .226 this year.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.271 in addition to having a FIP of 4.17 as a squad over the course of the season. They come in at 20th in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 158. The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 79 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.74 (69 earned runs allowed). Their K/BB ratio is 8.20 (151 strikeouts vs 53 walks). They have surrendered 23 homers and they relinquish 4.28 runs per 9 innings (12th in the league).

St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score rate of 36.4% out of 22 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 14 times in high leverage situations in addition to 17 occasions with base runners. With 28 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 18 holds and 2 blown saves. They rank 3rd in the league with a save percentage of 80.0%, and they have sent 59 relievers onto the field on the season. St. Louis has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 10 save chances and they have walked away with 8 saves.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 22 double plays and have a fielding rate of .988 (8th in professional baseball). The Cardinals have racked up 169 assists, 8 errors and have 498 putouts this year. In their 1,494 innings on the field, the Cardinals have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (14th in MLB).

During his career, Mikolas has given up 938 hits and he has 688 punch outs in 946 innings. Mikolas (55-55 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.98 ERA while giving up 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 418 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.193 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.60 and he has faced 3,921 opposing hitters in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-116)

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