The Milwaukee Brewers are playing host to their NL Central rival St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park. Fox Sports Net Wisconsin is in line to televise the action and the game is scheduled to get underway at 1:10 p.m. ET.
St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers Odds
Vegas has listed Milwaukee (+165) as the underdog to St. Louis (-190). Bettors can wager on the game’s total with odds sitting at -110 for over nine runs and -110 for under nine. Bettors can also wager on the game’s runline with the odds sitting at +110 for the Cardinals +1.5 runs and -120 for the Brewers -1.5.
The Brewers are 3-0 SU and 2-1 ATS. The team’s gained 3.0 units for moneyline bettors and 1.4 units against the spread (ATS). The Cardinals are 1-2 SU and have gone 0-2 ATS. In total, the team’s lost 2.0 units for bettors taking the moneyline this year and 3.6 units ATS.
Brewers games have a two-1 over/under record in 2018. The Cardinals have an over/under record of two-0.
The Brewers are coming off of a 7-3 win against the Padres, while the Cardinals just got a 5-1 victory over the Mets.
The right-handed Miles Mikolas will get the nod for the visiting Cardinals. Mikolas did not accumulate any MLB pitching stats last season.
The Brewers are turning to righty Zach Davies, who started 33 games last year and finished the season 17-9 overall with a 3.90 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. He recorded three starts against St. Louis a year ago and registered a 1-0 record with a 5.87 ERA and nine strikeouts.
As a unit, Milwaukee’s pitchers have allowed 3.3 runs per game overall in 2018. Its starters have an ERA of 4.40, a WHIP of 1.33 and a strikeouts-per-nine of 6.9. The bullpen has a solid ERA of just 1.72, a WHIP of 1.02 and a K/9 of 10.9. In zero games against divisional foes, Brewers starters have an ERA of and the bullpen’s ERA is .
The Milwaukee offense has produced 5.7 runs per outing, including per game against divisional foes and 5.7 per game over its last five. The team’s slashed .280/.336/.381 over its last five games and is 3-0 SU during that stretch.
Outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich have led the Brewers’ batters this year. Cain is hitting .571/.600/.786 with eight hits, three RBIs and three runs scored, and Yelich is batting .500 with seven hits, three RBIs and four runs scored.
In the visiting dugout, St. Louis’ pitchers have allowed 5.3 runs per game and its starters own a 5.79 ERA, 1.79 WHIP and 6.43 K/9. The bullpen has an ERA of 4.91, along with a WHIP of 1.79 and a K-per-9 of 9.00.
The Cardinals offense has slashed .218/.301/.416 on its way to 3.7 runs scored per game in 2018, including runs per game against divisional foes and 3.7 per game over the team’s last five outings (1-2 SU).
St. Louis’ hitters have been led by first baseman Martinez Martinez and shortstop Paul DeJong. Martinez is slashing .455/.538/.727 with five hits, three RBIs and two runs scored, while DeJong (.364/.417/.909) is up to four hits, two homers, two RBIs and two runs scored.
Martinez did not perform especially well against right-handed pitching on the road in 2017, putting up a slash line of .257/.333/.371 across 117 such plate appearances (his overall season line was .309/.379/.518).
St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers Prediction
Predictions: SU Winner – Brewers, ATS Winner – Cardinals, O/U – OVER
Notes
Betting Notes
The Cardinals went 8-11 SU against the Brewers last season.
The Brewers’ bullpen managed an ERA of 3.33 against the Cardinals last year.
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