Los Angeles Angels vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 4/2/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+172) St. Louis (-210)

Busch Stadium is the location where the St. Louis Cardinals (3-1) will meet the Los Angeles Angels (3-1) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has Los Angeles at +172 while St. Louis is at -210. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Yusei Kikuchi and Sonny Gray.

Los Angeles has a slugging % of .266 and have struck out 33 times, while drawing a walk on 13 occasions. They have 10 RBI's and 23 hits this season, while their team batting average is .185. The Angels have hit 2 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 2 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 10 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .266. As a squad, the Los Angeles Angels are knocking in 2.5 runs per outing, which ranks them 26th in the league.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.15 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.17. Angels pitchers have conceded 6 long balls and also 14 runs (8th in the league). Los Angeles has yielded 29 base hits (7.3 per 9 innings) and also 13 earned runs. The Angels have compiled a team ERA of 3.25 so far this year (9th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 28 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 13 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.56 as a unit for the year.

Angels bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 3 times in addition to having 9 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 2 holds on the season (18th in MLB). The Angels relievers have recorded a save rate of 100.0% and has come into the game in 5 save situations. They have accumulated 3 saves so far this season and have blown 0 of 3 save chances. The relievers have inherited 3 runners on the year and none of those players ended up scoring. The Angels have dispatched 13 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Angels have turned 76.5% of balls in play into outs out of 324 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 7th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a tally of 108 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 41 assists and 0 errors. Their fielding percentage is at 1.000 which is 3rd in pro baseball, and they have turned 4 double plays.

Kikuchi has pitched in 809 innings and has totaled 837 strikeouts in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.57 (411 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.345. He has given up 806 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 282 walks. Kikuchi (41-47 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 4.50 and he has faced 3,471 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The St. Louis Cardinals have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .382 as well as a team batting average of .301 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 28 instances (25th in the league) and are sitting with 41 hits. St. Louis has 7 HRs on the season to go along with 23 RBIs. The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .507 and they average 5.75 runs per contest (8th in MLB). They have put up 7 doubles, while walking 17 times as well as putting up 23 runs.

The Cardinals have a WHIP of 0.811 in addition to having a FIP of 2.81 as a squad this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.10 (29 strikeouts vs 10 bases on balls). They sit at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 20. They have relinquished 2 long balls and they relinquish 2.68 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 11 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 2.43 (10 earned runs conceded).

St. Louis has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 3 save opportunities and they have recorded 2 saves. They rank 14th in baseball holding a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 14 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 9 times in high leverage situations and also on 3 occasions with base runners. St. Louis relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 50.0% out of their 4 inherited base runners. With 10 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 7 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

In 333 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals hold a defensive efficiency of 80.9% (1st in professional baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 3 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .994 (7th in baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 45 assists, 1 error and have accounted for 111 putouts this season.

Gray (111-94 career mark) has earned a 3.51 ERA and has allowed 7.7 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.96 and he has faced 7,199 batters so far in his career. He has conceded a total of 677 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.193 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. In his career, Gray has surrendered 1,490 base hits while he has totaled 1,724 K's in 1,737 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+172)

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