St. Louis Cardinals (60-61) vs Milwaukee Brewers (69-52)
Game Info: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 7:45 pm (Busch Stadium)
The Line: Betting Odds: St. Louis Cardinals -139 / Milwaukee Brewers +118 — Over/Under:
The Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals meet Tuesday in MLB action from Busch Stadium. Here’s a Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Brewers vs Cardinals pick. We will examine:
The Milwaukee Brewers recent form and player performance
The St. Louis Cardinals recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Milwaukee Brewers
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the St. Louis Cardinals
Recent betting trends in games played between the Brewers and Cardinals
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Brewers vs Cardinals game
Milwaukee Brewers Betting Preview
Over the weekend the Brewers took on the Cleveland Guardians. Milwaukee won all three of those games for a sweep 5-3, 2-1 and 2-0. In the Sunday finale, the Brewers got a nice start out of Colin Rea with 7.0 innings, two hits, no walks and five strikeouts.
For the Tuesday game the Brewers will send out Frankie Montas. This year Montas is 5-8 with a 4.86 ERA in 22 starts. Montas is 42-43 with a 4.04 ERA in 152 career games (121 starts).
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
Over on the Cardinals’ side, they played the Los Angeles Dodgers in their last series. St. Louis won 5-2 on Saturday but lost the other pair 7-6 and 2-1. In game three the Cardinals were only able to muster six hits, one of them being a solo homer from Lars Nootbaar.
Erick Fedde will take the starter role for the Cardinals on Tuesday. So far Fedde is 8-6 with a 3.40 ERA in 24 starts. In 126 career games (112 starts) Fedde is 29-39 with a 4.94 ERA.
Total Runs Facts
- Six of the Brewers’ last seven games against NL Central opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Each of the Cardinals’ last three home games against NL Central opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Brewers’ last five road games.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one RBI in eight of his last nine home appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Tommy Pham has scored at least one run in each of his last five home appearances against NL Central opponents.
- Masyn Winn has hit a home run in each of the Cardinals’ last two night games against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one total base in 13 of his last 14 home appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one hit in 13 of his last 14 home appearances after not playing the previous day.
- Brendan Donovan has recorded at least one Single in each of the Cardinals’ last five games at Busch Stadium against NL opponents that held a winning record.
Milwaukee Brewers Player Prop Facts
- Willy Adames has recorded a Double in three of the Brewers’ last four games at Busch Stadium against opponents that held a losing record.
- Jackson Chourio has recorded at least one Single in each of the Brewers’ last eight road games against NL opponents.
- Rhys Hoskins has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Brewers’ last five night games against NL teams that held a losing record.
- Blake Perkins has scored at least one run in eight of his last nine road appearances against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Jackson Chourio has recorded at least one total base in each of the Brewers’ last eight road games against NL opponents.
- Rhys Hoskins has hit a home run in three of the Brewers’ last five night games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Frankie Montas has recorded five or more strikeouts in each of his last four appearances against NL opponents.
- William Contreras has recorded at least one hit in each of the Brewers’ last eight road games against NL Central opponents.
Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction
I’ll stay with the Brewers. Montas hasn’t been too bad over his last three starts. He’s got six combined earned runs in 14.0 total innings during that time, going 1-0 in the win column. As for Fedde, he’s got 10 earned runs over his last three starts in 16.0 total frames. Fedde is 1-2 during that trio.
The Brewers are currently riding a five-game win streak. During that stretch they’ve scored five or more runs three times. Milwaukee held the Guardians to a combined four runs over three games this past weekend as well. I like the Brewers to keep it rolling Tuesday.