Brewers vs. Cardinals Prediction, Betting Tips & Picks 5/29/2022

The St. Louis Cardinals (26-20) and Nolan Gorman, coming off a four-hit game, are underdogs (+113) on the moneyline and will look to upset the Milwaukee Brewers (29-18) on Sunday at 2:15 PM ET. Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes gets the start, and he’ll go against St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas.

Brewers vs. Cardinals Spread and Betting Line

Computer Predictions for Brewers vs. Cardinals

Our computer pick: St. Louis Cardinals (+113) and Over (7)

Brewers vs. Cardinals Game Info

• Milwaukee Brewers probable starting pitcher: Corbin Burnes
• St. Louis Cardinals probable starting pitcher: Miles Mikolas
• Game Day: Sunday, May 29, 2022
• Game Time: 2:15 PM ET
• Location: St. Louis, Missouri
• Stadium: Busch Stadium

Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Pitching Matchup

Brewers Starter Corbin Burnes

• Burnes (2-2 with a 2.18 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 57 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Brewers, his 10th of the season.
• In his most recent time out on Wednesday, the right-hander tossed six innings against the San Diego Padres, giving up one earned run while surrendering five hits.
• In nine games this season, the 27-year-old has a 2.18 ERA and 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .195 to his opponents.
• Burnes is looking to pick up his eighth quality start of the year.
• Burnes will try to continue a 10-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 6.1 innings per outing).
• He meets a Cardinals offense that ranks fourth in the league with 223 runs while batting .254 as a unit. It has a collective .400 slugging percentage (10th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 45 home runs (15th in MLB).
• This season, the 27-year-old ranks 11th in ERA (2.18), third in WHIP (.867), and seventh in K/9 (10.5) among pitchers who qualify.

Cardinals Starter Miles Mikolas

• The Cardinals will hand the ball to Mikolas (3-2) for his 10th start of the season.
• The right-hander’s last start was on Monday, when he tossed 6 2/3 innings while giving up three earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
• The 33-year-old has pitched to a 1.96 ERA this season with 6.7 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 1.8 walks per nine across nine games.
• He’s going for his fourth quality start in a row.
• Mikolas will look to pitch five or more innings for the ninth start in a row.
• The Brewers are batting .235 this season, 15th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .403 (eighth in the league) with 61 home runs.
• This season, the right-hander has pitched against the Brewers in one game, and they have gone 3-for-23 with an RBI over 6 2/3 innings.
• The 33-year-old ranks fifth in ERA (1.96), 13th in WHIP (.982), and 46th in K/9 (6.7) among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.

Brewers Betting Picks & Insights

• The Brewers have won 25, or 62.5%, of the 40 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
• This season, Milwaukee has won 22 of its 32 games, or 68.8%, when favored by at least -133 on the moneyline.
• The Brewers have a 57.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Milwaukee and its opponents have hit the over in 20 of their 47 games with a total.
• The Brewers are 22-25-0 ATS in their 47 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals Betting Picks & Insights

• The Cardinals have been underdogs in 24 games this season and have come away with the win 13 times (54.2%) in those contests.
• This season, St. Louis has come away with a win five times in 12 chances when named as an underdog of at least +113 or worse on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cardinals have a 46.9% chance of walking away with the win.
• St. Louis’ games have gone over the total in 23 of their 47 opportunities.
• In 46 games with a line this season, the Cardinals have a mark of 26-20-0 against the spread.

Brewers Leaders & Batting Stats

• Christian Yelich is batting .241 with nine doubles, a triple, five home runs and 23 walks.
• Among all batters in the majors, Yelich ranks 75th in home runs and 75th in RBI.
• Rowdy Tellez’s nine home runs and 33 runs batted in both pace his team.
• Tellez is 20th in home runs and 10th in RBI among all batters in baseball.
• Kolten Wong is hitting .227 with six doubles, three triples, three home runs and 17 walks.
• Wong is on a three-game hitting streak entering this contest. During his last five outings he is hitting .182 with a walk.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .241 with six doubles, three home runs and 10 walks.

Cardinals Leaders & Batting Stats

• Paul Goldschmidt paces the Cardinals with 10 home runs and 40 runs batted in, while posting a team-high batting average of .355.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Goldschmidt’s home run total is 13th and his RBI tally ranks third.
• Goldschmidt brings a hitting streak of 19 games into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .488 with five doubles, five home runs, three walks and 19 RBI.
• Tommy Edman has eight doubles, three triples, four home runs and 19 walks while hitting .279.
• Edman is 105th in homers and 75th in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Nolan Arenado has 13 doubles, nine home runs and 19 walks while batting .271.
• Harrison Bader has five doubles, four home runs and nine walks while batting .255.

Betting Tips for Brewers vs. Cardinals

Our best bet is the Cardinals on the moneyline at +113 after looking at all of the key trends and statistics for this matchup. Our computer projects the total score will over the total of 7 runs.