St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 8/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Great American Ball Park is the location where the Cincinnati Reds (58-61) will compete against the St. Louis Cardinals (60-59) on Wednesday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Kyle Gibson and Carson Spiers.

St. Louis owns a slugging percentage of .387 and have been rung up 982 times, while being walked on 341 occasions. They have accumulated 466 RBI's as well as 994 base knocks this season, while their batting average is .246. The Cardinals have accounted for 177 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 122 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 493 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .310. As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are recording 4.1 runs per game, which has them at 22nd in MLB.

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The Cardinals have compiled a team earned run average of 4.14 this year (19th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 948 batters. Cardinals pitchers have relinquished 128 long balls in addition to 546 runs in total (21st in MLB). They have walked 332 opposing players and their FIP is 3.98 as a unit on the campaign. St. Louis has allowed 1,016 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 488 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.86 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.27.

Cardinals relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 117 times as well as having 133 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 85 holds so far this year (3rd in the league). The Cardinals bullpen have a save rate of 68.3% and has come into the game in 145 save situations. They have earned 41 saves so far this year and have blown 19 of their 60 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 162 base runners this season and 37.0% of them crossed the plate. The Cardinals have dispatched 374 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 3,179 putouts for the season, as well as 1,113 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which ranks 3rd in pro baseball, and they have turned 114 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 69.4% of balls hit into play into outs in their 9,537 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 20th in pro baseball.

Gibson (111-104 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.44 while he has gone up against 7,805 hitters in the majors. He has given up 1,866 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 637 walks. His ERA is 4.51 (912 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.374. Gibson has taken the hill for 1,821 frames and is sitting with 1,474 K's in his pro baseball career.

The Cincinnati Reds have tallied a team OBP of .303 in addition to a batting average of .230 this year. They have struck out on 1,079 occasions (7th in baseball) and are sitting with 898 hits. Cincinnati has a total of 139 home runs on the campaign to go along with 501 runs batted in. The Reds have a SLG% of .398 and they average 4.45 runs per game (14th in the league). They have recorded 198 doubles, while taking a walk 359 times and notching 530 runs.

The Reds are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.237 and have a FIP of 4.09 as a staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (1,018 strikeouts vs 366 free passes). They come in at 6th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 931. They have yielded 129 homers and they yield 4.16 runs per 9 innings (8th in MLB). The Cincinnati pitching staff have given up 485 runs for the year while having an ERA of 3.88 (452 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 103 save situations, the Reds have compiled 67 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. Cincinnati has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 34 save opportunities and they have earned 25 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 111 times in high leverage situations and on 103 occasions with base runners. Cincinnati bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of 163 inherited base runners. They sit at 1st in the league with a save rate of 73.5%, and they have dispatched 384 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 71 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (28th in professional baseball). The Reds have 905 assists, 74 errors and are sitting with 3,146 putouts this year. In their 9,438 innings played, the Reds hold a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (11th in baseball).

Spiers (4-5 career mark) holds a 4.91 earned run average and has given up 9.7 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.14 and he has gone up against 330 hitters during his career. He has allowed 41 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.370 and having a FIP of 4.8. So far in his pro baseball career, Spiers has conceded 81 hits while accumulating 69 strikeouts in 75 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis

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