Cardinals Host Brewers in Playoff Important Series

Brewers Magic Number is 3 Over Cardinals

The Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals will meet this Tuesday at Busch Stadium for the first of three important games. Only six games remain in the regular season. Both teams find themselves in a dual with the Colorado Rockies for NL Wildcard positions.

Just two games separate the Brewers and Cards. The Rockies trail by 1.5 games for the final Wildcard spot. Wins will be critical if both clubs hope to maintain playoff positions late in the season.

The Brewers can take a huge step toward clinching a wild-card berth on Tuesday.  Milwaukee lowered its magic number to clinch a postseason spot to three following Monday's 6-4 victory over St. Louis. They also remain within striking distance of winning the National League Central

TV: 7:07 p.m. ET, FS Wisconsin, Dish455 (Milwaukee), FS Midwest (St. Louis)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Brewers LH Gio Gonzalez (9-11, 4.28 ERA) vs. Cardinals LH Austin Gomber (6-1, 3.63)

Odds: The Cardinals are -114-moneyline favorites. The total is 8.5 Under -125.

Brewers Go With Lefty to Try to Contain Cardinals

Milwaukee will send recent acquisition Gio Gonzalez to the mound to face St. Louis. The veteran lefty is 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA in three starts since being acquired at the August 31 trade. He came over from the Washington Nationals.

Games like Tuesday’s are why the Brewers traded for Gonzalez. and They’ll lean on him heavily against the Cards’ eighth-best offense.

The Brewers reached the 90-win mark in the opener for only the eighth time in the franchise's 50-year history.

Cards are in Must Win Territory

The Cardinals (87-70) appeared to be on their way to closing the gap on the Brewers in the opener. After roughing up All-Star reliever Josh Hader and taking a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning they fell apart.

Two late RBI's from Christian Yelich and a wild pickoff throw in the eighth inning led to the end of St. Louis' three-game winning streak. The loss made the Cardinals' bid to overtake the Brewers this week unlikely. It also reduced their lead over Colorado to a half-game for the final wild card.

Austin Gomber rebounded from his worst performance as a major leaguer to move to 5-1 as a member of the rotation. He permitted one run while fanning five over as many innings last Tuesday against Atlanta.

The Florida Atlantic product continues to struggle with his control. He has handed out 31 free passes over his first 69 1/3 big-league innings. Gomber did not give up a run in two-thirds of an inning in his only appearance versus Milwaukee on June 23. i

He iss allowing left-handed hitters to bat .301 against him. The reliever converted starter has an impressive 6-1 record to go along with a 3.63 ERA

Yadier Molina (8-for-23) has fared well while Matt Carpenter (2-for-19) has not versus Gonzalez, who was tagged for five runs across four frames in a loss at St. Louis on Aug. 14.

 

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Milwaukee	90-67	$1,491.00	21-19	69-48	61-37	29-30	74-79-4	0.45
St. Louis	87-70	$649.00	26-20	61-50	61-43	26-27	75-76-6	0.54

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

G Gonzalez (9-11) ERA: 4.28

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 19, 2018	CIN	W	7-0	U	6	$56.00
Sep 14, 2018	PIT	W	7-4	O	4.2	$71.00
Sep 8, 2018	SF	W	4-3	U	5.2	$53.00

Austin Gomber (6-1) ERA: 3.63

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Sep 18, 2018	ATL	W	8-1	O	5	$130.00
Sep 13, 2018	LA	L	7-9	O	3	-$100.00
Sep 7, 2018	DET	L	3-5	U	6	-$100.00

Bullpen

Milwaukee's relievers have pitched 17.2 innings in the last 3 games.
St. Louis's relievers have pitched 9.1 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Milwaukee Brewers - G Gonzalez

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 14, 2018	6-4	STL	4	5	5	5	3	2	Loss
Jul 1, 2017	2-1	STL	7	2	1	1	2	9	Loss
Apr 11, 2017	8-3	WSH	7	6	2	1	0	6	Win
May 28, 2016	9-4	STL	4.2	6	6	6	4	6	Loss
Aug 31, 2015	8-5	STL	6	5	3	3	2	4	No Decision

St. Louis Cardinals - Austin Gomber

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
No Recent Starts vs. Opponent.

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.55	13	4.19	13
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.47	14	4.20	14
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.73	8	4.10	9
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.38	20	4.19	12

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
Sep 24, 2018	MIL	6	STL	4	-150	8	O	Dan Jennings (L)	Jack Flaherty (R)	9	8	6	2	7	11
Aug 19, 2018	MIL	2	STL	1	-108	8	U	Jhoulys Chacin (R)	John Gant (R)	6	5	6	0	3	7
Ag 18, 2018	MIL	2	STL	7	-153	8	O	Wade Miley (L)	Miles Mikolas (R)	6	6	0	3	11	10
Aug 17, 2018	MIL	2	STL	5	-124	8	U	Freddy Peralta (R)	Jack Flaherty (R)	7	6	5	5	8	7
Jun 24, 2018	STL	8	MIL	2	-122	8.5	O	Luke Weaver (R)	Jhoulys Chacin (R)	10	6	8	2	11	14
Jn 23, 2018	STL	3	MIL	2	-107	9	U	Miles Mikolas (R)	Chase Anderson (R)	4	6	5	2	13	6
Jun 22, 2018	STL	1	MIL	2	-117	8	U	Jack Flaherty (R)	Junior Guerra (R)	3	3	4	3	15	15
Jn 21, 2018	STL	3	MIL	11	-118	8.5	O	Carlos Martinez (R)	Brent Suter (L)	7	12	2	4	6	5
May 30, 2018	STL	2	MIL	3	-111	8.5	U	Alex Reyes (R)	Junior Guerra (R)	8	10	3	6	13	4
May 29, 2018	STL	6	MIL	1	-116	8.5	U	Michael Wacha (R)	Zach Davies (R)	10	3	3	4	8	8

MLB Betting Odds & Trends

Milwaukee Brewers
Mil is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Milwaukee's last 13 games
Mil is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Mil is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis
Milwaukee is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Mil is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
Milwaukee is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against St. Louis

St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games
St. Louis is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games at home
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games at home
St. Louis is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Milwaukee
Cardinals are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee
St. Louis is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
St. Louis is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Milwaukee

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Milwaukee Brewers

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	90-67	48-30	42-37	61-32	35-35	74-79-4	21-19	69-48
Last 10	6-4	3-3	3-1	5-4	1-0	4-6	0-0	6-4
vs Div	37-37	20-18	17-19	26-19	13-18	32-40-2	7-6	30-31
vs AL	10-7	5-2	5-5	8-3	4-4	5-11-1	0-2	10-5
vs NL	80-60	43-28	37-32	53-29	31-31	69-68-3	21-17	59-43

St. Louis Cardinals

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	87-70	43-36	44-34	61-42	29-28	75-76-6	26-20	61-50
Last 10	6-4	4-3	2-1	3-2	3-2	8-2	2-2	4-2
vs Div	40-31	21-14	19-17	30-16	12-15	34-34-3	11-7	29-24
vs AL	11-9	5-5	6-4	9-8	3-1	5-14-1	1-3	10-6
vs NL	76-61	38-31	38-30	52-34	26-27	70-62-5	25-17	51-44

Team Last 5 Games

Milwaukee Brewers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Sep 24, 2018	STL	6-4	W	130	8	D Jennings	0.1	Jack Flaherty	A
Sp 23, 2018	PIT	13-6	W	-145	8.5	W Miley	4	Nick Kingham	A
Sep 22, 2018	PIT	0-3	L	-118	7.5	Zach Davies	4	Trevor Williams	A
Sp 21, 2018	PIT	8-3	W	-134	8	J Chacin	4	I Nova	A
Sep 19, 2018	CIN	7-0	W	-180	8.5	G Gonzalez	6	M Harvey	H

St. Louis Cardinals

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Sep 24, 2018	MIL	4-6	L	-150	8	Jack Flaherty	5.1	D Jennings	H
Sp 23, 2018	SF	9-2	W	-200	7.5	M Mikolas	7	Andrew Suarez	H
Sep 22, 2018	SF	5-4	W	-180	7.5	A Wainwright	6.1	Dereck Rodriguez	H
Sp 21, 2018	SF	5-3	W	-160	7.5	John Gant	2.2	M Bumgarner	H
Sep 19, 2018	ATL	3-7	L	-125	8.5	Jack Flaherty	4.2	Touki Toussaint	A

 

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