Saturday, May 10, 2008

Cardinals-Brewers Preview

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers will meet on the field at Miller Park on Saturday in a battle of division rivals.
Righthander Joel Pineiro will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Pineiro is 2-2 this season with a 4.33 ERA.
It'll be ace Ben Sheets toeing the rubber for the Brewers in this contest. Righthander Sheets is 4-0 with a 2.29 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Brewers scored twice in the ninth inning of Friday's 4-3 win over the Cardinals. The Brewers won the game as -120 favorites, while the seven runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9).
Rickie Weeks led the way with two hits and two RBIs for the Brewers. Brian Shouse tossed a scoreless ninth for the victory.
Albert Pujols homered and went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Cardinals, who were +110 underdogs in the contest. Jason Isringhausen gave up three runs in suffering the loss.
Current streak:
St. Louis has lost 3 straight games.
Team records:
St. Louis: 22-15 SU
Milwaukee: 17-18 SU
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Milwaukee are 5-5
After playing Milwaukee are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4

Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing St. Louis are 3-7
After playing St. Louis are 5-5
After a win are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games when playing Milwaukee
St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Milwaukee is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games when playing St. Louis
Milwaukee is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
Next up:
Milwaukee home to St. Louis, Sunday, May 11

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