St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 7/24/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates (51-49) will take on the St. Louis Cardinals (52-48) at PNC Park on Wednesday. The starting pitchers are Matthew Liberatore and Martin Perez.

As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are notching 4.2 runs per contest, which puts them at 22nd in MLB. They have racked up 416 runs and have an OBP of .310. The Cardinals have hit 150 doubles as a team and have knocked 102 balls out of the park. They have earned 391 runs batted in and 838 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is at .246. St. Louis owns a slugging percentage of .388 and have been rung up 845 times, while being walked on 288 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.93 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.26. Cardinals pitchers have surrendered 110 long balls in addition to 448 runs in total (19th in baseball). St. Louis has given up 850 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 394 earned runs. The Cardinals have an earned run average of 3.97 on the campaign (15th in the league), and their staff has rung up 811 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 277 opposing players and their FIP is 3.94 as a squad this season.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 72.0% and has entered the game in 126 save situations. The relievers have inherited 142 runners so far this year with 36.6% of those players earned a run for their team. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 101 times and also have had 112 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have sent 315 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have tallied 76 holds for the year (3rd in the league). They have recorded 36 saves so far this year and have blown 14 of 50 save opportunities.

The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 2,679 putouts thus far, in addition to 933 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which puts them in 5th in MLB, and have a total of 103 double plays. The Cardinals have turned 69.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 8,037 innings, ranking them 21st in pro baseball.

Liberatore has taken the ball for 147 frames and is sitting with 115 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Liberatore (7-10 career record) has a FIP of 4.99 while he has gone up against 645 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 5.07 (83 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.452. He has conceded 154 base knocks (9.4 hits per nine innings) and has 60 walks.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have an OBP of .300 as well as a team batting average of .233 on the campaign. They have struck out on 910 occasions (6th in baseball) and are sitting with 788 base knocks. Pittsburgh has accounted for 101 home runs for the year to go along with 403 runs batted in. The Pirates have a team slugging percentage of .370 and they score 4.16 runs per outing (21st in the league). They have recorded 140 two-baggers, while taking a walk 307 times as well as recording 416 runs.

The Pirates have a team WHIP of 1.277 in addition to having a FIP of 3.83 as a unit this year. They come in at 21st in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 843. The Pittsburgh pitching staff have yielded 426 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.83 (381 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.60 (853 strikeouts vs 301 free passes). They have yielded 98 long balls and they relinquish 4.28 runs per 9 innings (12th in the league).

Pittsburgh relievers have an inherited score percentage of 31.6% out of their 114 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 114 times in high leverage situations and also on 78 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 93 save situations, the Pirates have tallied 49 holds and 17 blown saves. They are currently ranked 22nd in the league with a save rate of 60.5%, and they have sent 304 relievers onto the field for the year. Pittsburgh has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 43 save opportunities and they have tallied 26 saves.

In their 8,067 innings on the field, the Pirates have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (25th in professional baseball). The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 85 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in baseball). The Pirates have accrued 871 assists, 50 errors and are sitting with 2,689 putouts on the campaign.

Perez (86-86 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.50 ERA while giving up 9.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.95 and he has faced 6,600 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered a total of 758 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.455 and having a FIP of 4.4. During his career, Perez has surrendered 1,660 hits and he has 1,063 punch outs in 1,517 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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