Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 4/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Odds/Point Spread: Philadelphia (+102) St. Louis (-120)

The St. Louis Cardinals (5-5) will try to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies (4-5) at Busch Stadium on Tuesday. The odds on this game have Philadelphia at +102 while St. Louis is at -120. The betting total is set at 8.5. The men taking the mound will be Zack Wheeler and Sonny Gray.

Philadelphia is slugging .358 and have struck out 81 times, while taking a walk on 37 occasions. They have 34 RBI's and 67 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .229. The Phillies have hit 6 doubles as a team and have smacked 10 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 36 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .316. As a team, the Philadelphia Phillies are scoring 4.0 runs per game, which has them at 21st in the league.

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The Phillies have a team ERA of 4.22 on the campaign (19th in baseball), and they have struck out 88 hitters. Phillies pitchers have conceded 7 home runs and 44 runs in total (17th in the league). They have walked 26 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.17 as a team on the season. Philadelphia has allowed 74 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 38 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.38 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.23.

Phillies pitchers have come into the game with runners on 12 times as well as having 13 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen are sitting with 5 holds for the year (19th in MLB). The Phillies relief pitchers have a save rate of 60.0% and has entered the game in 10 save situations. They have tallied 3 saves on the year and have not converted 2 of their 5 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 17 base runners this season and 47.1% of those players crossed the plate. The Phillies have sent 34 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Phillies have converted 66.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of 729 innings, which has them ranked 25th in pro baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies have earned a total of 243 putouts on the year, as well as 90 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .977 which has them sitting 25th in professional baseball, and they have turned 5 double plays.

Wheeler has thrown 1,390 innings and has earned 1,416 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.42 (529 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.181. He has surrendered 1,237 base knocks (8.0 hits per nine innings) with 406 free passes. Wheeler (87-64 career mark) has a FIP of 3.33 while he has gone up against 5,762 batters in the major leagues.

The Cardinals have a team slugging percentage of .343 and they are earning 4.10 runs per game (19th in baseball). They have tallied 15 doubles, while taking a walk 28 times as well as putting up 41 runs. St. Louis has 7 HRs this season and 37 RBIs. They have struck out on 95 occasions (7th in baseball) and have tallied 73 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have an on-base percentage of .299 as well as a batting average of .222 so far this year.

The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.356 and have a FIP of 4.85 as a unit on the campaign. They come in at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 90. The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 46 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.66 (45 earned runs allowed). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (83 strikeouts against 28 walks). They have allowed 17 long balls and they concede 4.76 runs per 9 innings (17th in the league).

With 16 save situations, the Cardinals have 10 holds and also 2 blown saves. St. Louis has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 6 save opportunities and they have converted 4 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 7 times in high leverage situations and on 8 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 50.0% out of their 8 inherited base runners. They rank 14th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 32 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

In their 783 innings on the field, the Cardinals hold a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (19th in baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 10 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .994 (2nd in pro baseball). The Cardinals have racked up 90 assists, 2 errors and have accumulated 261 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his career, Gray has allowed 1,348 hits while he has totaled 1,521 punch outs in 1,571 innings. He has conceded 606 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.204 and having a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 2.80 and he has gone up against 6,528 hitters so far in his career. Gray (98-85 career mark) holds a 3.47 earned run average and has surrendered 7.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis (-120)

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