St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 5/27/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Monday, May 27, 2024

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

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

Great American Ball Park is the location where the Cincinnati Reds (23-30) will take on the St. Louis Cardinals (24-26) on Monday. The odds on this game have the Cardinals at +102 while the Reds are opening at -120. The total has been set at 9.5. The starting pitchers are Lance Lynn and Nick Lodolo.

As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 3.9 runs per contest, which ranks them 25th in baseball. They have earned 196 runs while having a team OBP of .311. The Cardinals have compiled 80 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 41 baseballs out of the park. They have accrued 183 RBI's in addition to 392 hits on the campaign, and their batting average comes in at .235. St. Louis has a slugging percentage of .364 and have been rung up 425 times, while being walked on 169 occasions.

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The Cardinals are sitting with a team ERA of 4.27 so far this season (21st in baseball), and the staff has rung up 410 batters. Cardinals pitchers have surrendered 57 long balls and 238 runs in total (19th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 143 opposing players and their FIP is 4.01 as a team for the year. St. Louis has yielded 437 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 210 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.87 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.31.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 78.3% and has entered the game in 62 save situations. The relievers have inherited 68 runners this year with 41.2% of those players earned a run for their team. Cardinals relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 49 times and also have had 50 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have sent 158 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The bullpen have recorded 39 holds for the season (4th in MLB). They have accumulated 18 saves for the year and have blown 5 out of their 23 chances to save the game.

The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 1,328 putouts this season, as well as 462 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which puts them in 10th in MLB, and have earned 53 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 68.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 3,984 innings, ranking them 25th in professional baseball.

Lynn has taken the ball for 1,940 innings and has earned 1,954 K's during his MLB career. Lynn (138-97 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.80 while facing 8,233 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.73 (805 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.274. He has allowed 1,792 base hits (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 680 free passes.

The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated an OBP of .298 in addition to a batting average of .217 so far this season. They have struck out on 485 occasions (6th in MLB) and have tallied 365 base hits. Cincinnati has hit 50 home runs on the campaign to go along with 204 runs batted in. The Reds have a SLG% of .362 and they have an average of 4.15 runs per game (19th in the league). They have notched 76 doubles, while taking a walk 174 times and putting up 216 runs.

The Reds hold a team WHIP of 1.255 in addition to having a FIP of 4.02 as a pitching staff on the season. They have a ranking of 13th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 413. The Cincinnati pitching staff have given up 222 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.95 (201 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.50 (435 strikeouts against 162 bases on balls). They have conceded 54 dingers and they relinquish 4.36 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league).

Sitting with 39 save situations, the Reds have recorded 26 holds and 3 blown saves. Cincinnati has called on relievers to enter the game in 12 save chances and they have recorded 9 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 55 times in high leverage situations in addition to 43 occasions with runners on. Cincinnati relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 25.7% of 70 inherited runners. They are ranked 3rd in baseball with a save rate of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 164 bullpen pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

Out of their 4,128 innings on the diamond, the Reds have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.4% (10th in professional baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 32 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (12th in the majors). The Reds have racked up 373 assists, 26 errors and are sitting with 1,376 putouts this year.

Lodolo (9-10 career record) has earned a 4.12 earned run average and has given up 8.5 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.81 and he has faced 747 batters in his career. He has conceded a total of 79 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.286 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. In his pro baseball career, Lodolo has allowed 164 base hits while he has totaled 221 strikeouts in 172 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis (+102)

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