{"id":4434,"date":"2009-05-18T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-cardinals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-18T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T11:28:00","slug":"brewers-cardinals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-cardinals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers-Cardinals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday when they battle the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Brewers will give the ball to starter Braden Looper in this one. Righthander Looper is 3-2 this season with a 4.70 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cardinals will counter Looper with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.17 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Brewers defeated <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 8-2 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Prince Fielder launched a three-run home run for <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Manny Parra picked up the win after allowing two runs on five hits in six innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Albert<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pujols<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-3 with a run scored for <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up four runs on three hits in 5 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Street><st1:address>23-14 SU<br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> <st2:GivenName>Louis<\/st2:GivenName>: 21-16 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Houston are 7-3<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 7-3<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 1-9<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Milwaukee is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>Milwaukee is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against St. Louis<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 9 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>St. Louis is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Tuesday, May 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi Cubs, Tuesday, May 19<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A winning streak will be on the line for the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday when they battle the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The Brewers will give the ball to starter Braden Looper in this one. Righthander Looper is 3-2 this season with a 4.70 ERA. The Cardinals will counter Looper with Joel Pineiro. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/brewers-cardinals-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brewers-Cardinals Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}