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The first-place Cardinals and second-place Brewers hook up for an important three-game NL Central series at Busch Stadium beginning Friday night. Newcomer Jordan Montgomery goes for St. Louis here against fellow lefty Eric Lauer for Milwaukee. Who do we like for our <b>free baseball betting pick</b>?
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MLB Betting Odds<br />
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Friday's baseball betting lines opened the Cardinals at around -145 over the Brewers, with an over/under of eight runs. Early betting action then bumped St. Louis 20 cents to -165 and dipped that total to 7.5.
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Brewers-Cardinals MLB Betting Preview<br />
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Milwaukee just swept two games at home from Tampa Bay, winning 5-3 Tuesday, then rallying to take Wednesday's game 4-3. The Brewers then enjoyed Thursday off. Just before that, though, Milwaukee lost two of three games to Cincinnati, and just before that, they got swept three games at Pittsburgh. So the Brewers are 1-2 over their last three series and 3-6 over their last nine games. St. Louis, meanwhile, just lost two of three games at Colorado, losing Thursday's series rubber match 8-6. But just before that, the Cardinals swept three games from the Yankees, and just before that, they swept three games from the Cubs. Going back a bit further, St. Louis is 3-1 over its last four series and 10-3 over its last 13 games. At 61-50 overall, the Cardinals lead the NL Central by a half-game over 60-50 Milwaukee. These two teams have split 12 meetings so far this season.
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Friday's Pitching Match-Up<br />
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<a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/116017&quot; title="Jordan Montgomery Pitching Game Logs">Montgomery</a>, who came over to St. Louis in a trade with the Yankees two weeks ago, is 8/22 on quality starts this season. Last Saturday, in his first start for his new team, he held his former team, those Yankees, scoreless on two hits through five innings of a 1-0 St. Louis victory. But over his last two starts for New York, he allowed nine runs - eight earned - through just 6 2/3 innings of a pair of Yankees losses. New York, a team that's 30 games over .500 this season, only played 9-12 with Montgomery, but the Cardinals are 1-0 with him. This will be Montgomery's first action against Milwaukee since 2017. <a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/201683&quot; title="Eric Lauer Pitching Game Logs">Lauer</a> is 9/20 on quality starts this year and two for his last four. Last Friday, he held the Reds to one run and six hits through seven innings of a 5-1 Brewers win. And over his last four starts, he's allowed seven runs and 18 hits through 23 1/3 innings, although he's also walked 12 over that span. Milwaukee is 13-7 with Lauer this season, 3-0 his last three times out. Over two starts already this season against St. Louis, Lauer allowed seven runs and ten hits through 11 innings. The Brewers split those two games.
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Splits With the Sticks<br />
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Milwaukee is batting .221 against left-handed pitching this season, with a .310 team OBP and a .356 team slugging percentage. Numbers like those lead us to rank this line-up among the bottom half-dozen or so in Baseball in this split. St. Louis is slashing .270/.347/.444 against left-handed pitching. Numbers like those lead us to rank this line-up among the top handful in Baseball in this split.
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The Bullpens<br />
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The Cardinals bullpen owns a 3.76 ERA this season, along with a 1.24 WHIP. The Brewers pen owns a 3.93 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP.
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<span style="font-size:16px; color:#008000;">Get more details:</span> <a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/matchup/1603861">Milwaukee at St. Louis 8/12/22 Betting Stats</a>
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MLB Betting Trends<br />
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Milwaukee is 31-28 on the road this season and 17-17 against left-handed starters.
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St. Louis is 35-20 at home and 14-9 against left-handed starters.
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Totals Report<br />
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The Over is 54-47 in Brewers games this season.
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The Under is 55-52 in Cardinals games.
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The Over is 28-25 at Busch Stadium this season.
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The Under is 6-5 in Brewers-Cardinals games this season.
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