Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/6/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
Date: Friday, June 6, 2025
Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest
Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-182) St. Louis (+150)
The St. Louis Cardinals (33-27) are welcoming the Los Angeles Dodgers (37-25) at Busch Stadium on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Los Angeles at -182 and St. Louis is opening at +150. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Ben Casparius and Sonny Gray.


Los Angeles has a slugging % of .466 and have been rung up 515 times, while being walked on 234 occasions. They have amassed 340 RBI's as well as 564 hits this year, while their team batting average is at .265. The Dodgers have compiled 106 doubles as a squad and have knocked 101 baseballs out of the stadium. They have a total of 353 runs scored and hold an OBP of .341. As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are knocking in 5.7 runs per contest, which has them at 2nd in the league.
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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.58 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29. Dodgers pitchers have given up 80 home runs and also 278 runs in total (22nd in the league). Los Angeles has allowed 499 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 254 earned runs. The Dodgers have a team earned run average of 4.12 this season (22nd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 563 batters. They have walked 218 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.23 as a team for the season.
Dodgers relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 49 times as well as having 65 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 46 holds this season (4th in MLB). The Dodgers relievers have a save rate of 60.0% and have come into the game in 78 save situations. They have 18 saves on the campaign and have not converted 12 of 30 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 64 base runners on the year and 23.4% of them ended up scoring. The Dodgers have dispatched 225 relievers to the mound so far this year.
The Dodgers have turned 70.2% of balls in play into outs out of 4,995 innings, ranking them 16th in baseball. The Los Angeles Angels have a total of 1,665 putouts on the campaign, as well as 536 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them ranked 11th in pro baseball, and they have turned 49 double plays.
Casparius has taken the hill for 47 innings and has 56 strikeouts so far in his career. His earned run average is 2.48 (13 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.019. He has conceded 37 base knocks (7.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 11 walks. Casparius (6-0 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 2.45 and he has faced 189 hitters during his time in the major leagues.
St. Louis has accumulated 54 HRs on the campaign and 265 runs batted in. They have recorded 112 two-baggers, while walking 197 times as well as putting up 280 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have compiled a team OBP of .329 as well as a batting average of .259 this year. The Cardinals have a team slugging percentage of .397 and they are recording 4.67 runs per contest (8th in MLB). They have been rung up on 465 occasions (26th in baseball) and have a total of 527 hits.
The St. Louis pitching staff have relinquished 253 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 3.89 (229 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 47 HR's and they give up 4.29 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball). The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.249 and have a FIP of 3.65 as a unit so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.30 (431 strikeouts against 167 free passes). They rank 15th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 495.
St. Louis has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 25 save opportunities and they have tallied 17 saves. They rank 10th in MLB with a save percentage of 68.0%, and they have dispatched 180 relievers onto the diamond so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 72 times in high leverage situations and on 56 occasions with runners on. St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 40.3% out of their 77 inherited base runners. With 69 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 41 holds and also 8 blown saves.
The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 40 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (3rd in the majors). The Cardinals have recorded 580 assists, 24 errors and have earned 1,592 putouts over the course of the season. In their 4,776 innings played, the Cardinals have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.4% (14th in baseball).
In his MLB career, Gray has allowed 1,553 base hits while tallying 1,800 punch outs in 1,806 innings. He has surrendered a total of 705 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.190 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.02 and he has faced 7,478 batters in his pro baseball career. Gray (117-95 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 3.51 ERA while giving up 7.7 hits per 9 innings.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take St. Louis (+150) and under 8.5 runs
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