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NL Central Division contenders clash when the Brewers and Cardinals begin a three-game series at Busch Stadium Monday night. Which way are we going with our free MLB pick for Monday?
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MLB Betting Odds<br />
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As of this writing, Monday's MLB betting odds were holding off on lining this game, as they apparently tried to do some homework on Milwaukee's starting pitcher.
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Brewers vs. Cardinals Set-Up<br />
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Milwaukee just dropped three of four games at home to the Dodgers over the weekend, missing out on the split by losing Sunday's series finale 6-5. Prior to that, though, the Brewers had won two series in a row, including taking two of three games from St. Louis at Miller Park last week.
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The Cardinals, meanwhile, just took two of three games at home from the Mets over the weekend, winning Sunday's series rubber match 6-4. So St. Louis is 2-1-1 over its last four series.
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At 12-9 overall St. Louis is tied with 13-10 Milwaukee for second place in the NL Central, one game behind first-place Pittsburgh.
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The Brewers lead the season series with the Cardinals five games to two.
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Monday's Starting Arms<br />
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Flaherty is 1/4 on quality starts this season. Last Tuesday against this Milwaukee outfit Flaherty got knocked around for five runs and nine hits, including a couple of dingers, through just 2 2/3 innings of an 8-4 St. Louis loss. But in his two starts previous to that he held the Padres and Dodgers to one run and nine hits through 11 innings, with 14 strikeouts.
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The Cardinals are 2-2 with Flaherty this season.
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Over his last six starts against the Brewers, two this year and four last year, Flaherty has allowed 14 runs and 30 hits through 30 1/3 innings. St. Louis went 2-4 in those games.
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Fellow righty Houser will be making his first ML appearance of this season Monday night. Last year Houser posted a 3.29 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP in 13 2/3 innings with the Big Club. Then this Spring Training season he put up a 2.16 ERA through 8 1/3 innings. He later earned a promotion by going 1-0 with a 1.10 ERA in three starts, covering 16 1/3 innings, down at Triple-A San Antonio earlier this month.
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In two appearances last year against St. Louis Houser threw three innings of one-hit, shutout ball.
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Monday's Batting Splits<br />
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Milwaukee is batting .249/.332/.455 against right-handed pitching this season.
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St. Louis is batting .269/.343/.476 against RH pitching this season. This lineup has also scored at least six runs six of its last 10 times out.
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The Bullpens<br />
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The Milwaukee bullpen owns a 4.24 ERA this season, with a 1.24 WHIP and a 92/42 strikeouts/walks ratio.
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The St. Louis bullpen owns a 3.33 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP and an 88/44 K/BB ratio.
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Totals Report<br />
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The unders are 13-9 in Brewers games this season.
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The overs are 13-6 in Cardinals games this season.
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The overs are 4-0 in Flaherty's starts this season.
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The overs are 6-3 in games played at Busch Stadium this season.
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The overs are 4-2 in Brewers-Cardinals games this season.
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