Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/21/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (+102) St. Louis (-122)

The Milwaukee Brewers (72-52) are headed to Busch Stadium on Wednesday where they will try to beat the St. Louis Cardinals (61-63). The moneyline on this contest has the Brewers at +102 and the Cardinals are opening at -122. The over/under comes in at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Tobias Myers and Kyle Gibson.

Milwaukee has a slugging percentage of .405 and have been called out on strikes 1,091 times, while being walked on 453 occasions. They have 567 runs batted in in addition to 1,063 base knocks this season, and their team batting average is sitting at .254. The Brewers have tallied 189 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 133 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 594 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .331. As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 9th in baseball.

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The Brewers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.66 over the course of the season (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,008 hitters. Brewers pitchers have given up 154 long balls in addition to 488 total runs (4th in MLB). They have walked 371 opposing players and their FIP is 4.30 as a unit on the season. Milwaukee has surrendered 992 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 448 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.72 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.24.

The Brewers relievers have a save rate of 73.2% and has come into the game in 117 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 165 runners on the year with 28.5% of them ended up crossing the plate. Brewers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 113 times as well as having 148 appearances in high leverage situations. The Brewers have sent 396 relievers to the mound this season. The relievers have racked up 61 holds over the course of the season (18th in baseball). They have accumulated 41 saves on the season and have not converted 15 out of their 56 save opportunities.

The Brewers have converted 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 9,912 innings on the field, which has them ranked 3rd in professional baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have 3,304 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,061 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which is 14th in MLB, and have 95 double plays.

Myers has taken the ball for 99 innings and is sitting with 85 punch outs in his MLB career. His ERA is 2.82 (31 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.110. He has surrendered 85 hits (7.7 hits per nine innings) and has 25 walks. Myers (6-5 career record) sits with a FIP of 2.77 and he has gone up against 401 batters during his time in the major leagues.

St. Louis has accounted for 130 long balls so far this year to go along with 481 RBIs. They have recorded 182 doubles, while taking a walk 353 times and scoring 508 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .309 and a team batting average of .245 on the campaign. The Cardinals have a slugging percentage of .388 and they have an average of 4.10 runs per contest (24th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 1,012 occasions (20th in MLB) and have notched a total of 1,031 hits.

The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.272 in addition to having a FIP of 4.04 as a team for the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.10 (987 strikeouts vs 342 walks). They are currently ranked 23rd in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,060. They have conceded 140 long balls and they allow 4.65 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league). The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 570 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.17 (511 earned runs relinquished).

St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 62 save opportunities and they have come away with 42 saves. They rank 7th in the league with a save percentage of 67.7%, and they have dispatched 389 relievers onto the field over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 134 times in high leverage situations and on 120 occasions with runners on. St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 38.0% of 166 inherited runners. With 148 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 86 holds in addition to 20 blown saves.

In their 9,924 innings played, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (20th in pro baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 118 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (4th in professional baseball). The Cardinals have racked up 1,154 assists, 55 errors and are sitting with 3,308 putouts for the year.

Gibson (111-105 career mark) has a 4.52 ERA while allowing 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.32 and he has gone up against 7,828 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 918 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.375 and a FIP of 4.5. In his career, Gibson has allowed 1,873 hits while accumulating 1,480 K's in 1,826 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Milwaukee (+102)

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