Sacramento Athletics vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 9/1/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, September 1, 2025

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+102) St. Louis (-122)

Busch Stadium is the location where the St. Louis Cardinals (66-69) will compete against the Sacramento Athletics (63-72) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has Sacramento at +102 and St. Louis opens at -122. The over/under is 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Luis Severino and Sonny Gray.

Sacramento has a slugging rate of .433 and have struck out 1,167 times, while drawing a walk on 430 occasions. They have amassed 596 runs batted in and 1,171 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate sits at .253. The Athletics have earned 242 doubles as a team and have knocked 185 baseballs out of the park. They have 614 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .320. As a team, the Sacramento Athletics are notching 4.6 runs per game, which is 12th in MLB.

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The Athletics have an earned run average of 4.78 for the season (27th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,113 batters. Athletics pitchers have given up 189 home runs and 693 runs (28th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 479 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.68 as a team on the campaign. Sacramento has allowed 1,158 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 637 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.32 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.37.

The Athletics have dispatched 424 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 198 runners for the year and 29.8% of them crossed the plate. They have recorded 30 saves so far this season and have not converted 17 out of their 47 save chances. The Athletics relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 63.8% and have come into the game in 98 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 51 holds on the year (29th in MLB). Athletics pitchers have come into the game with runners on 137 times and also have had 119 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Yankees have 3,598 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 989 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 22nd in baseball, and have accumulated 88 double plays. The Athletics have turned 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 10,794 innings, which ranks them 17th in baseball.

Severino has taken the hill for 1,045 frames and is sitting with 1,052 strikeouts in his MLB career. Severino (71-55 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.88 and he has gone up against 4,381 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.94 (458 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.216. He has given up 952 base hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 319 walks.

The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .383 and they score 4.36 runs per contest (16th in baseball). They have recorded 223 two-baggers, while getting a free base 407 times as well as notching 588 runs. St. Louis is sitting with 127 long balls so far this year as well as 560 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,066 instances (22nd in the league) and have notched a total of 1,123 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have earned an on-base percentage of .316 and a batting average of .248 over the course of the season.

The St. Louis pitching staff have relinquished 622 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.28 (567 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 136 homers and they surrender 4.70 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.302 in addition to having a FIP of 3.97 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 7.50 (999 strikeouts vs 373 walks). They come in at 25th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,178.

St. Louis has called on relievers to take the mound in 51 save opportunities and they have recorded 33 saves. They sit at 8th in the league with a save rate of 64.7%, and they have sent 398 bullpen pitchers onto the field for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 123 times in high leverage situations in addition to 126 occasions with base runners. St. Louis relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 33.5% out of 176 inherited base runners. With 129 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 75 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

Out of their 10,644 innings on the field, the Cardinals hold a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (23rd in professional baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 103 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (15th in baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 1,287 assists, 66 errors and have accumulated 3,548 putouts on the campaign.

Gray (123-101 career win-loss record) holds a 3.56 ERA while surrendering 7.8 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.10 and he has gone up against 7,826 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 748 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.193 and a FIP of 3.5. In his MLB career, Gray has allowed 1,642 hits and he has 1,892 strikeouts in 1,889 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento (+102)

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