Milwaukee Brewers vs St Louis Cardinals Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 26 (5/26): MLB

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Odds

Time	7:45 p.m. EST
Brewers money line	+100
Brewers run line	+1.5 (-185)
Cardinals money line	-120
Cardinals run line	-1.5 (+160)
Over / under	7.5

 

Key stats

	Milwaukee Brewers	St Louis Cardinals
Record	28-16	24-19
Road / home record	14-10	11-9
Last 10 record	7-3	6-4
Streak	W2	L1
Over / under record	19-22-3	22-19-2
Runs / game	4.57	4.84
Runs allowed / game	3.77	3.86

 

Preview

The Milwaukee Brewers and the St Louis Cardinals meet again to play a 4-game series at the Busch Stadium in St Louis. The Brewers won their last series against the Padres while the Cards tied 1-1 vs Blue Jays.

Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers get here with a 28-16 record and have won 5 of their last 7 games. They're are averaging 4.78 runs while allowing 3.77 runs per game. Rowdy Tellez leads the team with 9 home runs and 33 RBI while Hunter Renfroe is batting for a .266 AVG.

Burnes (2-2), the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, held the Cardinals to one run and five hits in six innings, struck out five and walked two.

Probable Pitcher: 

Eric Lauer (4-1, 2.16 ERA) will start for the Brewers in the 1st game of the series. Lauer (4-1) allowed five hits through seven scoreless innings Friday, striking out five and earning the victory over Washington. He hasn't pitched vs Cardinals since 2019 where he allowed 1 run and struckout 3 across 4 innings.

St Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals get here with a 24-19 record and have won 4 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 4.84 runs and allowing 3.86 runs per game. Nolan Arenado leads with 9 home runs and batting for .288 AVG whit 32 RBI so far.

Adam Wainwright leads the pitching staff with a 2.87 ERA, 36 strikeouts and 5 wins recorded for the Cardinals.

Probable Pitcher: 

Adam Wainwright (5-3, 2.87 ERA) will take the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Cardinals. Wainwright (5-3) allowed a run on four hits and three walks while striking out three in seven innings to earn the win over the Pirates on Friday. In his last start against the Brewers he allowed 4 runs in 4 innings.

BETTING TRENDS

Milwaukee are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games.

Milwaukee are 3-8 SU in their last 11 games against St. Louis.

St. Louis are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis' last 6 games against Milwaukee.

Prediction

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