Brewers vs. Cardinals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 11, 2024

The St. Louis Cardinals (15-23) hope to avoid their seventh straight defeat when they visit the Milwaukee Brewers (23-15) Saturday at 7:15 PM ET on FOX. The Brewers are listed as -174 favorites, while the Cardinals are +144 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Freddy Peralta will get the ball for Milwaukee while St. Louis will counter with Kyle Gibson.

Be sure to check out our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Brewers vs. Cardinals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Brewers (-174)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+144)
• Over/under: 7.5

Brewers vs. Cardinals Betting Insights

• The Brewers have come away with 10 wins in the 15 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• Milwaukee has played as a favorite of -174 or more just one time this year and came away with a win in that game.
• The Brewers have an implied victory probability of 63.5% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• The Cardinals have been the moneyline underdog 18 total times this season. They’ve finished 7-11 in those games.
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +144 or longer, St. Louis has a record of 1-3 (25%).
• The Cardinals have an implied moneyline win probability of 41% in this matchup.

Brewers vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders

• William Contreras is batting .340 with 30 RBI, both of which are tops among Milwaukee hitters this season.
• Contreras ranks 60th in Major League Baseball in home runs, and sixth in RBI.
• Willy Adames has 39 hits and an OBP of .351 to go with a slugging percentage of .476 this season.
• Nolan Arenado has accumulated a team-best batting average of .280 and leads the Cardinals in runs batted in (20).
• Arenado’s home run total ranks 190th in the majors, and he is 50th in RBI.
• Brendan Donovan is hitting .217 with eight doubles, a triple, four home runs and 12 walks.

Brewers vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings

• The Brewers strike out just eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
• The Brewers have pitched to a 3.95 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
• Brewers pitchers have a 1.294 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
• The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
• St. Louis has the 20th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.26).
• The Cardinals average baseball’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.300).