Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/22/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-107) St. Louis (-113)

The Milwaukee Brewers (73-52) are en route to Busch Stadium on Thursday where they will take on the St. Louis Cardinals (61-64). The moneyline on this game has the Brewers at -107 and the Cardinals are sitting at -113. The total is 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Freddy Peralta and Miles Mikolas.

The Brewers have tallied 190 doubles as a unit and have hit 133 baseballs out of the stadium. Milwaukee is slugging .404 and have been called out on strikes 1,094 times, while drawing a walk on 458 occasions. As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are compiling 4.8 runs per game, which is 9th in MLB. They have accumulated 570 runs batted in in addition to 1,071 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average sits at .254. They have earned a total of 597 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .331.

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The Brewers hold a team ERA of 3.65 for the year (2nd in the league), and they have struck out 1,016 batters. Brewers pitchers have relinquished 155 home runs and also 490 runs in total (4th in the league). They have walked 373 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.29 as a team so far this season. Milwaukee has relinquished 998 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 450 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.72 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.24.

Brewers pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 114 times and also have had 150 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have recorded 63 holds on the year (16th in the league). The Brewers relievers have a save percentage of 73.7% and has come into the game in 120 save situations. They have recorded 42 saves so far this year and have blown 15 out of their 57 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 166 runners over the course of the season with 28.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Brewers have dispatched 399 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

The Milwaukee Brewers have 3,331 putouts on the year, as well as 1,068 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which ranks 14th in pro baseball, and have a total of 95 double plays. The Brewers have converted 71.1% of balls in play into outs in their 9,993 innings, which ranks them 3rd in professional baseball.

Peralta has pitched in 717 innings and has earned 911 strikeouts in his career. His ERA is 3.86 (308 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.142. He has given up 542 base hits (6.8 hits per 9 innings) with 277 free passes. Peralta (50-34 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.81 and he has faced 2,979 batters in the major leagues.

The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .388 and they earn 4.08 runs per contest (24th in baseball). They have 183 two-baggers, while taking a walk 355 times as well as scoring 510 runs. St. Louis has compiled 131 home runs this year as well as 483 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,020 occasions (20th in baseball) and are sitting with 1,037 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have recorded an OBP of .308 and a team batting average of .245 so far this year.

The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 573 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.16 (514 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 140 dingers and they allow 4.64 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league). The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.273 with a FIP of 4.04 as a unit on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.00 (990 strikeouts against 347 free passes). They come in at 23rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,068.

St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 62 save chances and they have tallied 42 saves. They are ranked 8th in the league with a save percentage of 67.7%, and they have sent 392 relievers onto the diamond for the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 134 times in high leverage situations and also on 122 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relievers have an inherited score percentage of 37.1% out of their 170 inherited base runners. Sitting with 148 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 86 holds and 20 blown saves.

In their 10,005 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals have a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (19th in baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 120 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (4th in professional baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 1,167 assists, 55 errors and are sitting with 3,335 putouts on the season.

Mikolas (62-63 career mark) has a 4.13 ERA and has allowed 9.1 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.73 and he has gone up against 4,407 hitters so far in his career. He has given up a total of 487 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.201 and a FIP of 4.1. In his career, Mikolas has surrendered 1,070 hits while he has accumulated 769 punch outs in 1,062 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-107)

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