Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals Odds, Picks & Predictions: July 8 2009

Free MLB Picks: St. Louis Cardinals +107 Odds
(Matt Fargo MLB Predictions | experts.covers.com)

St. Louis picked up a big win last night in the first game in this series behind a solid pitching effort from Adam Wainwright. The Cardinals have now own five of their last six games to build a two-game lead in the National League Central and they have improved to three games over .500 on the road this season. Milwaukee has been playing the exact opposite as it has dropped five of its last six games and it is just 6-11 over its last 17 games. The offense has been held in check with the exception of a couple games and the pitching has been having some rough games, allowing six runs or more in nine of those 17 contests. Looking at Todd Wellemeyer’s numbers and it shows that his season has been anything but good. However, he is coming off a quality start in his last game and that is important for a couple reasons. First, it brings a much needed boost of confidence that he has not seen much this season. The big factor however is what led to that quality start. He had a flawed delivery that was just discovered prior to that start. It was corrected and it resulted in one of his best outings this season. He allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk and that control correction will be vital moving forward. Even though his ERA is at 5.44 on the season, St. Louis has won 10 of his 17 starts including four of six on the road. In two previous start in Milwaukee Wellemeyer has posted a solid 1.59 ERA covering 11.1 innings. Jeff Suppan takes the ball for the Brewers and his season has been very inconsistent. Hew is also coming off a quality outing in his last start but there is no rationale for it other than he was able to finally get a good stretch going. That came on the road where he has done his best work. At home, it has been a different story as he is 1-5 with a 6.08 ERA and 1.73 WHIP in seven starts. The Brewers have given him only 3.1 rpg in those seven games at Miller Park. The Cardinals are 6-0 in Wellemeyer’s last six starts as a road underdog while the Brewers are 0-5 in Suppan’s last five home starts against a team with a winning record. 3* St. Louis Cardinals, Get more baseball picks from this expert at handicappers picks