Cardinals vs. Brewers Game 6 Odds
(The Spread) – The Brewers will put their season on the line tonight when they host the Cardinals in Game 6 of the NLCS.
St. Louis took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series with a 7-1 victory on Friday night. Jaime Garcia pitched 4.2 innings while allowing one run on seven hits and striking out five. The Cardinals’ bullpen continue it’s magnificent postseason while not allowing a run to Milwaukee’s suddenly struggling lineup.
Oddsmakers have installed the Brewers as -124 money line favorites versus the visiting Cardinals, who are +117 on the ML tonight. The over/under total for this game is currently sitting at 8.5 runs.
Shawn Marcum will be called on to save Milwaukee’s season and extend the NLCS to a Game 7 on Monday. He was absolutely shelled in Game 2 of this series when he allowed five runs on seven hits in just 4 innings in a 12-3 defeat. Edwin Jackson picked up a win in that same game, allowing two runs on seven hits in 4.1 innings of work.
According to latest MLB trends, the over is 4-0 in the last four meetings between these two teams in Milwaukee and 3-1-1 in the last five meetings overall. The Cardinals are also 4-1 in their last five road games against Milwaukee and 9-3 in their last 12 outings versus the Brewers.
If the Cardinals win tonight they’ll advance to play the Texas Rangers in the World Series.
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