St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/3/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres

Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

Petco Park is the location where the San Diego Padres (3-4) will play the St. Louis Cardinals (2-3) on Wednesday. The men taking the mound are Zach Thompson and Joe Musgrove.

St. Louis is slugging .299 and have been rung up 56 times, while drawing a walk on 11 occasions. They have earned 19 RBI's and 37 hits on the year, and their batting average comes in at .213. The Cardinals have tallied 6 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 3 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 20 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .272. As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are earning 4.0 runs per contest, which puts them at 21st in baseball.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.75 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.40. Cardinals pitchers have given up 11 long balls in addition to 25 runs in total (19th in the league). St. Louis has surrendered 44 base knocks (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 25 earned runs. The Cardinals are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.23 so far this year (20th in the league), and they have rung up 44 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 16 opposing hitters and their FIP is 5.98 as a squad this season.

The Cardinals have dispatched 15 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 4 base runners this year and 50.0% of those players ended up scoring. They have recorded 1 save for the season and have blown 2 out of their 3 chances to get a save. The Cardinals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 33.3% and has come into the game in 7 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 4 holds for the season (5th in MLB). Cardinals relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 5 times in addition to having 5 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Cardinals have converted 69.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 387 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 12th in professional baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have amassed 129 putouts thus far, in addition to 41 assists and 0 errors. Their fielding percentage is at 1.000 which ranks 2nd in pro baseball, and they have turned 7 double plays.

Thompson (6-17 record in his career) has a FIP of 4.42 while he has gone up against 858 hitters in the majors. He has conceded 201 base knocks (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 74 walks. His earned run average is 4.44 (97 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.398. Thompson has pitched in 196 innings and has totaled 156 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The San Diego Padres have a team on-base percentage of .353 in addition to a team batting average of .281 so far this year. They have struck out on 48 instances (7th in baseball) and have totaled 68 base knocks. San Diego has 10 home runs for the year as well as 43 runs batted in. The Padres have a slugging percentage of .471 and they score 6.71 runs per contest (7th in baseball). They have hit 14 two-baggers, while walking 24 times and putting up 47 runs.

The Padres hold a team WHIP of 1.667 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.12 as a pitching staff for the season. They have a ranking of 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 73. The San Diego pitching staff have given up 47 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 6.29 (44 earned runs given up). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.30 (65 strikeouts vs 32 walks). They have allowed 9 homers and they yield 6.71 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB).

San Diego bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 47.1% out of their 17 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 8 times in high leverage situations in addition to 13 occasions with runners on base. With 10 save situations, the Padres have recorded 5 holds and 2 blown saves. They are ranked 11th in baseball with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 30 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year. San Diego has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 4 save chances and they have walked away with 2 saves.

The San Diego Padres have gotten 5 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (17th in baseball). The Padres have accrued 57 assists, 4 errors and have notched a total of 189 putouts on the season. Out of their 567 innings on the field, the Padres have earned a efficiency on defense of 63.8% (26th in MLB).

In his career, Musgrove has allowed 891 base knocks while he has accumulated 954 strikeouts in 964 innings pitched. Musgrove (60-58 mark in his career) holds a 3.77 earned run average and has surrendered 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 404 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.174 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.94 and he has gone up against 4,018 opposing hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego

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