Yesterday’s Results for Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

MLB AL GAME OF THE MONTH II, ADVANTAGE PLAY

Analysis: Chairman’s on St Louis Baseball is a game of streaks and the Cardinals are certainly on one. The St Louis Cardinals have been winning as of late and they know how important this series is going to be for their playoff chances, in particular the NL Central division race. Offensively, St Louis has been doing a good job in the last 30 days to improve on their hitting as they are scoring 4.88 runs per game in their last 24 outings. The Milwaukee Brewers have been an average offensive team as they are currently 18th in the majors. Freddy Peralta is 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in August while Jack Flaherty is 4-0 with a 1.44 ERA in his four home starts this season. These offenses are very similar and have solid pitching in this game. Milwaukee doesn’t score many runs and stats back it up from the oddsmakers numbers. Milwaukee is 1-6 in their last 7 road games with the total set at 11 or higher. I have always felt comfortable playing the Cards at home. St Louis is 8-3 in their last 11 home games vs RHP and it’s getting to crunch time for St Louis. Flaherty also throws five different pitches (fastball, slider, curveball, sinker, changeup) and his curve has been his best pitch as it has a .115 batting average and a .154 slugging percentage. He faced the Brewers once this season and won by throwing six shutout innings and gave up four hits, a pair of walks, and six strikeouts. All in all, go with the St Louis Cardinals to win here at almost even money.