The St. Louis Cardinals (72-76) visit the Milwaukee Brewers (90-58) for the second game of their 3-game series Saturday at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. First pitch is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET (FOX). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s MLB odds around the Cardinals vs. Brewers odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season series: Brewers lead 5-3.

St. Louis has dropped 4 games in a row after falling 8-2 against Milwaukee Friday and failing to cover as a +164 road underdog. LF Alec Burleson and CF Lars Nootbaar each had an RBI for the Cardinals in the loss.

Milwaukee snapped a 3-game losing streak with Friday’s win while covering as a -179 home favorite. CF Jackson Chourio and DH Christian Yelich each had 2 RBIs while 5 different Brewers players had at least 1 RBI in the winning effort.

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Cardinals at Brewers projected starters

RHP Sonny Gray vs. RHP Jacob Misiorowski

Gray (13-8, 4.45 ERA) makes his 30th start. He has a 1.22 WHIP, 1.9 BB/9 and 9.8 K/9 through 163 2/3 innings.

Last start: Win, 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 2 H, 4 BB, 6 K in a 4-3 home win vs. San Francisco Giants SundayCareer vs. Brewers: 4-6, 3.64 ERA (99 IP, 40 ER), 1.26 WHIP, 11.3 K/9 in 18 starts

Misiorowski (5-2, 4.09 ERA) makes his 13th start. He has a 1.09 WHIP, 3.9 BB/9 and 12.6 K/9 through 55 innings.

Last start: Win, 7 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 K in a 10-2 road win against Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday1 career start vs. Cards: Win, 5 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 4 BB, 5 K in a 6-0 win June 12Cardinals at Brewers odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated 12:05 p.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Cardinals +140 (bet $100 to win $140) | Brewers -165 (bet $165 to win $100)Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Cardinals +1.5 (-160) | Brewers -1.5 (+135)Over/Under (O/U): 7.5 (O: -120 | U: +100)

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Cardinals at Brewers picks and predictionsPrediction

Brewers 5, Cardinals 4

BET BREWERS (-165).

While this is not phenomenal value on the Brewers, they have dropped 3 of their last 4 games taking away value from their run line. They have a 47-26 home record while the Cardinals are just 31-42 on the road. The Brewers have won 5 of the last 6 games in this season series and are 4-3 in their last 7 games.

The Cardinals have dropped each of their last 4 games and are just 4-5 in their last 9 games.

PASS.

With the Brewers recent struggles, there is better value on them to win outright.

BET OVER 7.5 (-120).

The Brewers have scored 4 or more runs in 7 of their last 10 games. They have allowed 5 or more in 3 of their last 4 and have hit the Over in 4 of their last 5 overall.

The Cardinals have hit the Over in 2 of their last 3 games. They have allowed 4 or more in each of their last 4 games

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