The Milwaukee Brewers will send Zack Greinke to the mound on Wednesday night as they close out their road series in St. Louis.
Greinke (14-5, 4.00 ERA) has won seven of his last eight starts for Milwaukee, and he beat the Cards on August 1. Chris Carpenter (8-9, 3.92 ERA) will get the ball for the Cardinals on Wednesday.
View Milwaukee vs St Louis Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
The Cardinals were listed as -130 moneyline favorites at most sportsbooks tracked by Odds Shark, while oddsmakers set the Sportsbook total around 7.5 earlier on Monday.
Power Rankings:
This game puts the Cardinals, most recently No. 7 in the National League Odds Shark MLB Power Rankings, up against the Brewers, who rate a National League No. 2 in the latest survey.
How They Match Up:
When it comes to getting on base, the visiting Brewers rank No. 6 in the National League at 8.9 hits per game. That compares with St. Louis’s No. 1 ranking in that category.
St. Louis owns the National League's No. 10 defense, allowing 4.4 men per game to cross the plate. That contrasts with Milwaukee's National League No. 6-rated defense.
The Brewers were a 4-2 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Cardinals. That made Sportsbooks of bettors who got St. Louis at +114 on the moneyline, while the total score (6) was good news for UNDER bettors. Milwaukee didn't get the job done in their last match, falling 4-2 to St. Louis on Tuesday at Busch Stadium.
Next up:
Milwaukee home to Philadelphia, Thursday, September 8
St. Louis home to Atlanta, Friday, September 9
