Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Odds & Free Pick
Date:
May 27, 8:15 pm
Location:
Busch Stadium
TV:
MLBN
Betting Odds
Moneyline:
MIL -135 / STL +125
Total:
7ov -118
<p>The Brewers and Cardinals continue their season-long divisional battle with a four-game series in St. Louis this weekend, which began with a Milwaukee victory Thursday night. Brandon Woodruff looks to continue the Brewers' good start to this season Friday against Dakota Hudson for the Cardinals.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds </h2>
<p>Friday's baseball betting lines opened Milwaukee and Woodruff at around -150 over St. Louis and Hudson, with an over/under of 7.5 runs. Early betting action then dipped the Brewers a nickel to -145.</p>
<h2>Brewers-Cardinals MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Milwaukee grabbed the opener of this series Thursday night, 4-3. That game was tied 2-2 after the first inning, but the Brewers scored one run in the top of the second and another in the fourth and hung on from there, cashing in as +105 underdogs on the dime line.</p>
<p>Also, Thursday's game just sneaked under a total of 7.5 runs.</p>
<p>With Thursday's win, Milwaukee is 6-2 over its last eight games.</p>
<p>With Thursday's loss, St. Louis is 4-2 over its last six games.</p>
<p>At 29-16 overall, the Brewers lead the NL Central by 4.5 games over the 24-20 Cardinals.</p>
<p>This series is the second meeting between these two teams this season. Back in April, St. Louis took two of three games in Milwaukee.</p>
<h2>Friday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/215298" title="Dakota Hudson Pitching Game Logs">Hudson</a>, by our strict standards, is 2/8 on quality starts this season and 0 for his last three. Last Thursday, he gave up four runs and five hits through 4 2/3 innings of a game St. Louis eventually lost to the Mets 7-6 in 10 innings. And over his last three starts, he's allowed seven runs and 15 hits through 14 1/3 innings, with eight walks against only four strikeouts.</p>
<p>The Cardinals are 4-4 with Hudson this season, 1-3 his last three times out.</p>
<p>In his most recent start against Milwaukee six weeks ago, Hudson gave up four runs - three earned - through just three innings of a 6-5 St. Louis loss.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/125810" title="Brandon Woodruff Pitching Game Stats">Woodruff</a> is only 2/8 on quality starts this year, but he's been good since a bumpy stretch earlier this month. Last Saturday, he held Washington to one run and five hits through six innings, with zero walks and six strikeouts, in a 5-1 Milwaukee victory. And just before that, he held Miami to three runs - only one earned - through five frames of a 7-3 Brewers win.</p>
<p>Milwaukee is 6-2 with Woodruff this season, although that's at least one game better than it should be.</p>
<p>Over his last five starts against St. Louis, four last year and one earlier this season, Woodruff allowed ten runs and 23 hits through 27 2/3 innings, with four walks against 29 K's. The Brewers lost three of those five games, although one was a 2-1 affair.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks </h2>
<p>Milwaukee is batting .243 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .318 team OBP and a .421 team slugging percentage. But the Brewers have also scored a total of just 14 runs over their last five games. Also, this line-up is also down a couple of regular sticks with SS Willy Adames and OF Hunter Renfroe both on the DL.</p>
<p>St. Louis is slashing .246/.314/.378 against right-handed pitching. The Cardinals have also scored at least five runs in five of their last seven games.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Milwaukee bullpen owns a 3.38 ERA this season, along with a 1.26 WHIP.</p>
<p>The St. Louis pen owns a 3.58 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
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<li>The Brewers are 15-10 on the road this season and 22-8 against right-handed starters.</li>
<li>The Cardinals are 11-10 at home and 19-16 against RH starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The Under is 21-18 in Brewers games this season.</li>
<li>The overs are 22-19 in Cardinals games.</li>
<li>The Over is a combined 10-6 with Hudson and Woodruff this season.</li>
<li>The Over is 13-7 at Busch Stadium this season.</li>
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Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals
We give Woodruff the edge in the pitching match-up and Milwaukee perhaps a slight edge in the bullpen comparison while calling the splits with the sticks about even. But to us, that doesn't add up to -145. Also, these two teams are very close overall and will probably come darn close to splitting their season series. Betting baseball is often about find value on the daily dime line, and we like the value here with St. Louis at the home dog price.
Free Pick:
Take the Cards +125
