Bet On the MLB – Milwaukee Brewers @ St. Louis Cardinals September 18th

My predictions record on the season is now 13-6. You can see my previous picks here. I like the Brewers-Cardinals match-up this evening.

Tonight’s chosen match-up: Milwaukee Brewers (79-73) @ St. Louis Cardinals (84-68)

The Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals play the rubber match of their 3 game series this evening. Last night the Cardinals notched a 2-0 win. Starter Nick Fiers got saddled with his 3rd loss of the season. He pitched 7 innings while allowing 1 earned run on 3 hits with 7 strikeouts. The Brewers out-hit the Cards 7-3 in the loss. The team is currently in 3rd place in the NL Central, 5 games behind the leading Cardinals. They are 2.5 games behind the Pirates for the 2nd wildcard spot in the NL. Their starting pitcher tonight is right-handed Kyle Lohse. Lohse has a 12-9 record with 3.81 era and 133 strikeouts in 182 innings pitched. He is 0-2 in his last 3 starts (with 1 no-decision). In his last outing, a start on September 12th at home versus the Red, he ended up with a no-decision as he pitched 6.2 innings while giving up 2 earned runs on 5 hits. Including yesterday’s 2-0 win the Cardinals have won 4 of their last 5 games. In the 5 games they outscored their opponents 18-9. Yesterday starter Adam Wainwright recorded his 19th win of the season. He pitched a complete game allowing zero earned runs on 7 hits with 7 strikeouts. The team is currently the NL Central division leaders, 2.5 games ahead of the Pirates. Tonight their starting pitcher is right-handed Shelby Miller. Miller has a 10-9 record with a 3.75 era and 115 strikeouts in 172.2 innings pitched. He is 2-0 in his last 2 starts. He only allowed a total 1 earned run in the 2 starts. He has pitched 6 or more innings in his last 6 starts.

The Cardinals are 11-7 versus the Brewers this season. The Brewers are 38-36 on the road this season. The Cardinals are 48-29 at home this season.