St. Louis Cardinals vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 4/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-150) Oakland (+130)

The Oakland Athletics (7-10) will take on the St. Louis Cardinals (8-9) at Oakland Coliseum on Wednesday. The line on this matchup has St. Louis at -150 while Oakland is priced at +130. The betting total is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Steven Matz and Paul Blackburn.

As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are compiling 3.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 22nd in MLB. They have accounted for 64 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .299. The Cardinals have tallied 28 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 13 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 60 RBI's as well as 130 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average comes in at .231. St. Louis has a slugging % of .368 and have struck out 144 times, while drawing a walk on 46 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.98 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.28. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 21 home runs in addition to 71 runs (12th in baseball). St. Louis has given up 143 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and also 62 earned runs. The Cardinals are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.74 on the campaign (11th in the league), and they have rung up 143 hitters. They have walked 48 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.14 as a unit so far this year.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 77.8% and has come into the game in 26 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 21 base runners this season with 38.1% of them ended up crossing the plate. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 16 times and also have had 12 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 54 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The bullpen have tallied 17 holds for the year (1st in MLB). They have accumulated 7 saves for the year and have blown 2 of 9 save opportunities.

The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated 447 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 152 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which ranks 7th in MLB, and have 21 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 68.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,341 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 21st in baseball.

Matz has taken the hill for 898 frames and is sitting with 856 K's during his pro baseball career. Matz (55-58 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.22 while he has faced 3,846 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.21 (420 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.320. He has allowed 918 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 268 free passes.

The Athletics have a team slugging % of .332 and they score 2.82 runs per outing (29th in the league). They have recorded 19 doubles, while taking a walk 50 times and earning 48 runs. Oakland has 15 HRs so far this year and 47 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 180 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have notched a total of 115 base hits. The Oakland Athletics have recorded a team on-base percentage of .275 as well as a batting average of .206 for the year.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.357 in addition to having a FIP of 3.67 as a pitching staff so far this season. They are sitting at 25th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 151. The Oakland pitching staff have yielded 72 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.80 (65 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.70 (132 strikeouts against 58 bases on balls). They have given up 9 long balls and they yield 4.21 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

Oakland has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 6 save opportunities and they have come away with 3 saves. They rank 23rd in the league with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 54 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the campaign. Their relievers have come in 22 times in high leverage situations in addition to 16 occasions with runners on. Oakland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 22.2% out of their 18 inherited base runners. Sitting with 17 save situations, the Athletics have tallied 11 holds in addition to 3 blown saves.

The Oakland Athletics have gotten 24 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .975 (29th in MLB). The Athletics have 157 assists, 16 errors and are sitting with 462 putouts on the season. Out of their 1,386 innings on the field, the Athletics have a efficiency on defense of 66.0% (28th in baseball).

Blackburn (18-24 career mark) is the owner of a 4.64 ERA while conceding 9.8 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.46 and he has gone up against 1,605 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 192 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.394 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. During his pro baseball career, Blackburn has allowed 405 base hits while earning 281 punch outs in 372 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oakland (+130)

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