The St. Louis Cardinals (29-24) and Milwaukee Brewers (31-21) meet Wednesday to cap off a 3-game NL Central series in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The opening pitch from American Family Field will be at 1:40 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze MLB odds around the Cardinals vs. Brewers odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Milwaukee leads 3-1
St. Louis piled up 14 runs in a Saturday doubleheader and was then rained out Sunday. The Cardinal offense, though, has essentially had three straight days off. On Monday, St. Louis culled together just 2 hits in a 3-0 loss; on Tuesday the Redbirds were dumped 6-0. The club has now been shut out 3 times in clocking a 2-6 record since May 17.
The Brewers filed Saturday and Sunday home losses to the LA Dodgers, but with twin wins in this set Milwaukee has reestablished what has been an excellent run of performances at home. Since April 26 the Brewers are 11-4 at home.
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Cardinals at Brewers projected starters
RHP Dustin May vs. Undecided
May (3-5, 5.00 ERA) is making his 11th start. He has a 1.43 WHIP, 2.8 BB/9 and 7.0 K/9 in 54 innings.
- Last outing: Loss, 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 7 K in 6-2 loss vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday
- Career vs. Brewers (regular season): 0-0, 5.40 ERA (1 2/3 IP, 1 ER), 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K in 1 start
- Has filed a 3.28 ERA over his last 8 starts
RHP Chad Patrick (2-2, 2.63 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 3.7 BB/9 and 6.4 K/9 in 41 IP) has not pitched since Friday and would figure as a possibility to make this start. Patrick has thus far registered 5 starts and 7 relief appearances this season.
Cardinals at Brewers odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Cardinals +124 (bet $100 to win $124) | Brewers -146 (bet $146 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Cardinals +1.5 (-164) | Brewers -1.5 (+136)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -104 | U: -118)
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Cardinals at Brewers picks and predictions
Prediction
Brewers 4, Cardinals 3
The last 6 Cardinals-Brewers games in Milwaukee have seen the Brewers go 5-1. The Brewers are 14-4 in their last 18 games; they are 11-4 in their last 15 at home.
Scoring 4.42 runs per game and allowing 4.58 RPG, the Redbirds figure to be too far out over their skis in being 5 games over-.500. Perhaps some of that regression has been underway, as St. Louis is 1-5 in its last 6 games.
If this becomes a bullpen game for Milwaukee, that’s not a bad thing. The Brewer relief corps’ 3.44 ERA ranks 10th in MLB. Its advanced metrics come out even better.
MILWAUKEE (-146) is a value.
No interest; PASS.
The Under has cashed in the first 2 games of this series and is 4-1-1 across the last 6 series meetings.
May has pitched quite well since getting blasted in his first 2 starts of the season. Mix in the Milwaukee bullpen factor, and the UNDER 8.5 (-118) is a slight lean. Consider making this one a partial-unit play.
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