Brewers vs. Cardinals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 10, 2024

The St. Louis Cardinals (15-22) will look to Lars Nootbaar, who has blasted homers in two straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Milwaukee Brewers (22-15) Friday at American Family Field. The Brewers and Joey Ortiz (who has a two-game home run streak of his own) are -139 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 8:10 PM ET live on MLB Network. Robert Gasser starts for Milwaukee while Lance Lynn is St. Louis’ starter for the contest.

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Brewers vs. Cardinals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Brewers (-139)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+117)
• Over/under: 8

Brewers vs. Cardinals Betting Insights

• The Brewers have been victorious in nine, or 64.3%, of the 14 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This year Milwaukee has won two of three games when listed as at least -139 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Brewers have a 58.2% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Cardinals have been the underdog on the moneyline 17 total times this season. They’ve finished 7-10 in those games.
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +117 or longer, St. Louis has gone 3-5 (37.5%).
• The Cardinals have a 46.1% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Brewers vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders

• William Contreras leads Milwaukee in batting average (.340) and runs batted in (30) this season while also slugging five homers.
• Contreras’ home runs rank him 57th in baseball, and he ranks sixth in RBI.
• Willy Adames has collected 36 hits this season and has an OBP of .341. He’s slugging .448 on the year.
• Nolan Arenado leads the Cardinals with 20 runs batted in while putting up a team-best batting average of .286.
• In all of the majors, Arenado is 185th in home runs and 47th in RBI.
• Brendan Donovan is batting .217 with eight doubles, a triple, four home runs and 12 walks.

Brewers vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings

• The Brewers have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• The Brewers have pitched to a 4.01 ERA this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
• The Brewers have a combined WHIP of 1.311 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
• The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 18th in MLB.
• St. Louis has a 4.09 team ERA that ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals have the 17th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.283).