Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/29/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Sunday, May 29, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The Milwaukee Brewers (29-17) are en route to Busch Stadium on Sunday where they will meet the St. Louis Cardinals (25-20). The pitchers who are expected to start will be Corbin Burnes and Miles Mikolas.

As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are earning 4.5 runs per contest, which has them at 10th in MLB. They have racked up 207 runs and have an on-base percentage of .312. The Brewers have tallied 68 two-baggers as a team and have hit 59 balls out of the park. They have accrued 199 RBI's as well as 359 hits on the season, while their batting average is .236. Milwaukee owns a slugging percentage of .404 and have been called out on strikes 404 times, while taking a walk on 156 occasions.

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Brewers pitchers have allowed 37 long balls in addition to 173 runs in total (10th in the league). They have walked 149 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.33 as a unit so far this season. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.02 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.18. The Brewers have a team earned run average of 3.30 for the season (4th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 450 hitters.

The Brewers relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 77.8% and has entered the game in 60 save situations. The relievers have inherited 57 runners for the year with 36.8% of them earned a run for their team. Brewers relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 35 times in addition to having 54 appearances in high leverage situations. The Brewers have dispatched 147 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have tallied 33 holds on the year (6th in baseball). They have accumulated 21 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 6 out of their 27 save chances.

The Brewers have converted 70.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 3,660 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 17th in baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have 1,220 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 402 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which is 22nd in baseball, and have 28 double plays.

Burnes has thrown 371 innings and has tallied 494 strikeouts during his career. His ERA is 3.20 (132 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.066. He has allowed 297 hits (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 99 walks. Burnes (25-13 career record) holds a FIP of 2.77 while he has faced 1,504 batters in the major leagues.

The Cardinals hold a slugging percentage of .397 and they are earning 4.78 runs per outing (5th in MLB). They have recorded 81 doubles, while getting a free base 144 times as well as recording 215 runs. St. Louis has 43 home runs so far this season to go along with 207 RBIs. They have been rung up on 329 occasions (28th in the league) and are sitting with 387 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated an on-base percentage of .322 in addition to a batting average of .252 on the year.

The St. Louis pitching staff have allowed 172 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.72 (164 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 45 home runs and they allow 3.90 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.272 and have a FIP of 4.27 as a team over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.19 (324 strikeouts against 148 walks). They are currently ranked 16th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 357.

With 34 save situations, the Cardinals have amassed 20 holds and also 3 blown saves. St. Louis has had relievers step onto the mound in 14 save chances and they have earned 11 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 34 times in high leverage situations and on 47 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 32.4% out of 74 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 2nd in baseball with a save percentage of 78.6%, and they have dispatched 146 relievers onto the field on the season.

In their 3,573 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (10th in pro baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 45 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in the majors). The Cardinals have recorded 479 assists, 21 errors and have amassed 1,191 putouts over the course of the season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Mikolas has given up 561 hits while he has earned 424 K's in 575 innings pitched. He has allowed 235 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.178 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.62 and he has faced 2,384 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. Mikolas (36-29 career mark) has a 3.67 ERA while allowing 8.8 hits per 9 innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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