Baseball Handicapping: Brewers vs Cardinals

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Busch Stadium. The Brewers will give the ball to starter Randy Wolf in this one. Lefthander Wolf is 5-7 this season with a 4.92 ERA. Starting this game for the Cardinals will be Blake Hawksworth. The righthander has a 7.00 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Brewers dropped the series finale 5-1 to the Astros last time out, as -155 favorites at home. The teams played UNDER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Dave Bush gave up two runs off five hits over six innings in a losing effort for the Brewers. The Cardinals were doubled 4-2 by the Diamondbacks last time out, as -163 favorites. That game's six runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9.5) set by sportsbooks. Jeff Suppan gave up nine hits and four runs over 5 2-3 innings in suffering the loss. Team records: Milwaukee: 35-43 SU St. Louis: 43-35 SU Milwaukee most recently: When playing on Thursday are 1-9 Before playing St. Louis are 3-7 After playing Houston are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 St. Louis most recently: When playing on Thursday are 7-3 Before playing Milwaukee are 7-3 After playing Arizona are 4-6 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games on the road Milwaukee is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games when playing on the road against St. Louis Milwaukee is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing St. Louis St. Louis is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games at home St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing Milwaukee St. Louis is 5-14 SU in its last 19 games when playing at home against Milwaukee Next up: St. Louis home to Milwaukee, Friday, July 2 The OffshoreInsiders.com Network includes Texas Holdem tips, the biggest sports service plays for MLB baseball betting and NBA betting.