Milwaukee Brewers vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 5/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-165) Cincinnati (+145)

The Cincinnati Reds (6-23) are welcoming the Milwaukee Brewers (19-11) at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Brewers at -165 while the Reds are priced at +145. The over/under is 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Adrian Houser and Vladimir Gutierrez.

As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 4.8 runs per contest, which is 5th in MLB. They have tallied 143 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .307. The Brewers have recorded 48 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 37 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 136 RBI's as well as 226 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .231. Milwaukee has a slugging rate of .399 and have been rung up 274 times, while drawing a walk on 99 occasions.

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Brewers pitchers have given up 25 home runs and 112 total runs (9th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 103 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.23 as a unit so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.03 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.18. The Brewers hold a team earned run average of 3.46 so far this year (10th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 312 hitters.

The Brewers have sent 96 relievers to the mound on the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 45 base runners for the year and 35.6% of those players ended up scoring. They have accumulated 13 saves this year and have blown 5 out of their 18 save opportunities. The Brewers relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 72.2% and has come into the game in 40 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 22 holds so far this year (7th in the league). Brewers bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 25 times and also have had 35 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Milwaukee Brewers have a total of 789 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 254 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which has them sitting 22nd in MLB, and they have turned 17 double plays. The Brewers have turned 70.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,367 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 18th in the majors.

Houser has thrown 351 innings and has accumulated 296 K's during his MLB career. Houser (20-21 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.16 and he has gone up against 1,485 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.71 (145 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.308. He has surrendered 318 base knocks (8.1 hits per 9 innings) with 142 walks.

The Reds have a team SLG% of .340 and they are scoring 3.79 runs per contest (22nd in MLB). They have recorded 46 doubles, while taking a walk 81 times as well as scoring 110 runs. Cincinnati is sitting with 24 home runs for the year to go along with 106 runs batted in. They have struck out on 275 occasions (3rd in the league) and have earned 197 base hits. The Cincinnati Reds have recorded an OBP of .283 as well as a team batting average of .211 on the season.

The Cincinnati pitching staff have allowed 184 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 6.51 (178 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 41 homers and they yield 6.73 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB). The Reds have a WHIP of 1.622 and have a FIP of 5.03 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.92 (256 strikeouts against 133 bases on balls). They sit at 29th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 266.

Cincinnati relievers have an inherited score rate of 46.7% out of their 60 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 13 times in high leverage situations and also on 35 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 11 save situations, the Reds have recorded 6 holds and also 2 blown saves. They are currently ranked 26th in the league with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have dispatched 118 relievers to the hill on the season. Cincinnati has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 5 save opportunities and they have earned 3 saves.

In their 2,214 innings played, the Reds have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 65.9% (30th in pro baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have turned 20 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in MLB). The Reds have accrued 200 assists, 12 errors and have amassed 738 putouts so far this season.

In his MLB career, Gutierrez has allowed 141 hits while he has earned 101 K's in 135 innings pitched. Gutierrez (9-11 career record) is the owner of a 5.39 earned run average while allowing 9.4 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 81 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.507 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.60 and he has gone up against 603 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-165)

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