Milwaukee Brewers vs St Louis Cardinals Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 27 (5/27): MLB

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Odds

Time	8:15 p.m. EST
Brewers money line	-145
Brewers run line	-1.5 (+115)
Cardinals money line	+122
Cardinals run line	+1.5 (-135)
Over / under	7.5

 

Key stats

	Milwaukee Brewers	St Louis Cardinals
Record	29-16	24-20
Road / home record	15-10	11-10
Last 10 record	7-3	5-5
Streak	W3	L2
Over / under record	19-233	22-20-2
Runs / game	4.57	4.84
Runs allowed / game	3.77	3.86

 

Preview

The Milwaukee Brewers and the St Louis Cardinals will play the 2nd game of the series at the Busch Stadium on Friday night. The Brewers won the first game of the series 4-3.

Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers get here with a 29-16 record and have won 6 of their last 8 games. They're averaging 4.57 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.

Lauer (5-1) gave up two runs on four hits in the first two innings. His only blemish in his final three frames was a walk. He struck out one and walked four, throwing 96 pitches over five innings.

Probable Pitcher: 

Brandon Woodruff (5-2, 4.76 ERA) will start for the Brewers in the 2nd game of the series. Woodruff earned the win during Saturday's 5-1 victory over Washington, allowing one run on five hits with six strikeouts in six innings. In his last start against the Cardinals he threw 5 scoleress innings and earned the win.

St Louis Cardinals

The Cardinals get here with a 24-20 record and have won 4 of their last 6 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.

AWainwright gave up 10 hits and four runs in five innings with three of the Brewers' runs coming with two outs. He dropped a decision for the first time in four games.

Probable Pitcher: 

Dakota Hudson (3-2, 3.60 ERA) will take the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Cardinals.Hudson didn't factor into the decision after allowing four runs on five hits and two walks across 4.2 innings during Thursday's 7-6 loss to the Mets. He struck out two. In his last against the Brewers he took the loss and allowed 3 runs in 3 innings.

BETTING TRENDS

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games.

Milwaukee are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games.

The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis' last 6 games at home.

St. Louis are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games when playing at home against Milwaukee.

Prediction

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