St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 9/9/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-166) Cincinnati (+140)

The St. Louis Cardinals (61-79) are headed to Great American Ball Park on Saturday where they will meet the Cincinnati Reds (73-69). The moneyline on this game has the Cardinals at -166 while the Reds are at +140. The total is 10.5. The starting pitchers will be Zach Thompson and Carson Spiers.

St. Louis has a slugging % of .429 and have been rung up 1,168 times, while being walked on 480 occasions. They have 621 runs batted in and 1,217 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate is sitting at .254. The Cardinals have recorded 231 doubles as a team and have knocked 194 baseballs out of the stadium. They have a total of 641 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .329. As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 16th in MLB.

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The Cardinals have a team ERA of 4.75 on the campaign (25th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,060 batters. Cardinals pitchers have yielded 149 long balls and 712 total runs (24th in baseball). They have walked 451 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.35 as a squad on the year. St. Louis has given up 1,338 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) as well as 651 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.35 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.45.

The Cardinals bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 52.7% and has come into the game in 127 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 240 base runners for the year and 30.4% of those players earned a run for their team. Cardinals relief pitchers have come into the game with players on base 150 times in addition to having 141 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have sent 411 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relievers have a total of 71 holds for the year (18th in the league). They have tallied 29 saves for the season and have blown 26 of 55 chances to save the game.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a tally of 3,703 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,369 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .989 which ranks 3rd in the majors, and they have turned 126 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 66.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,109 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 30th in baseball.

Thompson has pitched in 196 innings and has accumulated 156 K's in his MLB career. His ERA is 4.44 (97 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.398. He has surrendered 201 base hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 74 walks. Thompson (6-17 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.42 while going up against 858 batters in the major leagues.

Cincinnati is sitting with 163 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 642 RBIs. They have tallied 241 doubles, while getting a free base 478 times as well as notching 672 runs. The Cincinnati Reds have earned an OBP of .325 and a batting average of .248 this season. The Reds hold a team slugging % of .413 and they are earning 4.73 runs per game (11th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,316 occasions (5th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,194 base hits.

The Reds hold a team WHIP of 1.412 and have a FIP of 4.81 as a staff for the season. They come in at 25th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,253. The Cincinnati pitching staff have surrendered 709 runs for the season while having an ERA of 4.74 (665 earned runs conceded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (1,209 strikeouts against 530 bases on balls). They have surrendered 199 homers and they surrender 5.05 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB).

Cincinnati bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 29.3% out of their 276 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 208 times in high leverage situations and on 194 occasions with base runners. With 152 save situations, the Reds have earned 79 holds in addition to 22 blown saves. They rank 8th in the league holding a save percentage of 68.1%, and they have dispatched 520 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. Cincinnati has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 69 save chances and they have converted 47 saves.

The Cincinnati Reds have turned 111 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in professional baseball). The Reds have accrued 1,144 assists, 77 errors and have a tally of 3,790 putouts for the season. In their 11,370 innings on the diamond, the Reds hold a efficiency on defense of 68.6% (21st in MLB).

Carson Spiers (0-0 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 6.75 earned run average while allowing 11.3 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.50 and he has faced 18 batters so far in his career. He has allowed 3 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.750 and being the owner of a FIP of 1.3. In his MLB career, Carson Spiers has allowed 5 hits while earning 7 strikeouts in 4 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cincinnati (+140)

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