St. Louis Cardinals (61-63) vs Milwaukee Brewers (72-52)
Game Info: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 7:45 pm (Busch Stadium)
The Line: Betting Odds: St. Louis Cardinals -120 / Milwaukee Brewers +102 — Over/Under:
The Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals meet Wednesday in MLB action from Busch Stadium. Here’s a Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals prediction. This will be the second 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 played the Cleveland Guardians in their last series. Milwaukee took a sweep in that matchup with wins 5-3, 2-1 and 2-0. In their opener versus the Cardinals, the Brewers eked out a 3-2 win. Starter Frankie Montas finished with 7.0 clean frames, one hit and one walk.
Starter for the Brewers on Wednesday will be Tobias Myers. In the first 19 games (18 starts) of his career, Myers is 6-5 with a 2.81 ERA.
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
Over on the Cardinals’ side, they played the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend. St. Louis won 5-2 Saturday but dropped the other pair. On Tuesday the Cards couldn’t score outside of the eighth inning. Starter Erick Fedde left after 5.2 innings and two earned runs.
Kyle Gibson will start for St. Louis on Wednesday. So far Gibson is 7-5 with a 4.26 ERA in 23 starts. Gibson is 111-105 with a 4.52 ERA in 323 games (317 starts) during his career.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Brewers’ last five road games against NL Central opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Five of the Cardinals’ last six home games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Brewers’ last seven Wednesday night games.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Cardinals’ last six Wednesday games against NL Central opponents.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Masyn Winn has hit a home run in two of the Cardinals’ last three night games against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Brendan Donovan has recorded at least one Single in each of the Cardinals’ last six games at Busch Stadium against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one RBI in eight of the Cardinals’ last nine Wednesday games.
- Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 10 Wednesday appearances at Busch Stadium.
- Kyle Gibson has recorded six or more strikeouts in four of his last five appearances.
- Paul Goldschmidt has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 Wednesday appearances at Busch Stadium.
- Tommy Pham has scored at least one run in five of his last six home appearances against NL Central opponents.
Milwaukee Brewers Player Prop Facts
- William Contreras has hit a home run in four of the Brewers’ last eight games.
- Jackson Chourio has recorded at least one Single in eight of the Brewers’ last nine road games against NL opponents.
- Rhys Hoskins has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Brewers’ last six night games against NL teams that held a losing record.
- William Contreras has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Brewers’ last five games against the Cardinals.
- William Contreras has recorded at least one Double in three of the Brewers’ last four road games against NL opponents.
- Blake Perkins has recorded at least one hit in each of his last seven road appearances against NL Central opponents 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.
Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction
I’ll stay with the Brewers. Myers is doing pretty well over his last three starts, notching 18.0 combined innings with just three earned runs in that time. That said, Myers is just 0-1 in that trio. As for Gibson, he’s given up 12 earned runs in 17.2 innings over his last three starts.
In Tuesday’s game the Brewers got a pretty effective—if not very exciting—offensive day. William Contreras and Sal Frelick had five of the team’s eight hits. I’d like to see Milwaukee spread the love a little better at the plate Wednesday but they should be in good shape.