Cardinals-Brewers Preview

The St. Louis Cardinals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.

The Cardinals will trot ace Adam Wainwright out to the mound in this one. Righthander Wainwright has a 2-1 record and a 2.78 ERA this season.

Starting this game for the Brewers will be Carlos Villanueva. The righthander has a 6.19 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 118-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Cardinals lost to San Francisco 8-2 as a -175 favorite last time out. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8).

Troy Glaus had an RBI and scored a run for St. Louis, while Braden Looper was tagged for seven runs on 10 hits in three innings.

The Brewers lost to Cincinnati 4-3 in extra innings as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).

J.J. Hardy was 3-5 with a home run and two RBI for Milwaukee and Yovani Gallardo surrendered only one run on four hits in seven innings.

Current streak:
St. Louis has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
St. Louis: 12-7 SU
Milwaukee: 11-7 SU

St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Milwaukee are 7-3
After playing San Francisco are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3

Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing St. Louis are 3-7
After playing Cincinnati are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games on the road
St. Louis is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games on the road
St. Louis is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Milwaukee is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Milwaukee's last 10 games when playing St. Louis

Next up:
Milwaukee home to St. Louis, Tuesday, April 22

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