St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 5/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+132) Milwaukee (-156)

The Milwaukee Brewers (23-15) will try to beat the St. Louis Cardinals (15-23) at American Family Field on Sunday. The moneyline on this matchup has St. Louis at +132 and Milwaukee is priced at -156. The over/under has been set at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Miles Mikolas and Freddy Peralta.

As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are putting up 3.4 runs per contest, which is 29th in MLB. They have tallied 129 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .294. The Cardinals have accounted for 58 doubles as a unit and have hit 28 balls out of the park. They have earned 123 RBI's and 268 hits on the year, while their batting average is .215. St. Louis has a slugging rate of .337 and have been rung up 324 times, while being walked on 126 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.04 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.30. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 45 home runs and 179 total runs (19th in the league). St. Louis has given up 333 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 159 earned runs. The Cardinals have compiled a team ERA of 4.25 for the season (20th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 316 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 104 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.03 as a team on the year.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 80.0% and has come into the game in 40 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 51 base runners over the course of the season and 45.1% of them ended up scoring. Cardinals pitchers have entered the game with runners on 39 times as well as having 32 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 118 relievers to the hill on the season. The bullpen have recorded 25 holds on the year (9th in baseball). They have recorded 12 saves this season and have blown 3 out of their 15 chances to get a save.

The Cardinals have transformed 68.6% of baseballs in play into outs in their 3,030 innings, which has them sitting 24th in pro baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have amassed 1,010 putouts this year, in addition to 341 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .990 which ranks 3rd in professional baseball, and have a total of 39 double plays.

Mikolas (56-58 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.06 and he has faced 4,015 batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 969 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 191 free passes. His ERA is 4.04 (434 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.200. Mikolas has taken the hill for 966 frames and has accumulated 705 K's so far in his career.

Milwaukee has tallied 47 long balls this year to go along with 184 runs batted in. They have hit 64 doubles, while taking a walk 142 times as well as putting up 195 runs. The Milwaukee Brewers are sitting with an OBP of .334 and a team batting average of .256 on the season. The Brewers have a slugging percentage of .422 and they average 5.13 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 348 occasions (7th in baseball) and have recorded 336 base hits.

The Milwaukee pitching staff have surrendered 161 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.95 (148 earned runs given up). They have allowed 44 HR's and they give up 4.30 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB). The Brewers hold a team WHIP of 1.294 with a FIP of 4.40 as a pitching staff this year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.00 (299 strikeouts against 131 walks). They are currently ranked 12th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 305.

Milwaukee relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 29.8% of 57 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 42 times in high leverage situations in addition to 37 occasions with base runners. With 37 save situations, the Brewers have accumulated 19 holds and also 5 blown saves. They are ranked 7th in MLB holding a save rate of 72.2%, and they have sent 124 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Milwaukee has called on relievers to take the mound in 18 save opportunities and they have tallied 13 saves.

The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 26 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in MLB). The Brewers have accrued 328 assists, 18 errors and have 1,011 putouts during this campaign. In their 3,033 innings on the field, the Brewers have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (7th in the majors).

So far in his pro baseball career, Peralta has conceded 450 hits while he has tallied 799 strikeouts in 619 innings pitched. He has conceded a total of 262 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.116 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.32 and he has gone up against 2,560 opposing batters thus far in his career. Peralta (45-28 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.81 earned run average and has given up 6.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+132)

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