Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals MLB Betting Preview | September 28

Two of the league’s best power hitters go head-to-head when the Milwaukee Brewers (82-72) and the St. Louis Cardinals (90-65) play at 7:40 PM ET on Wednesday at American Family Field. Rowdy Tellez has 34 homers (10th in the majors) for the favored Brewers (-145), and Paul Goldschmidt ranks eighth in MLB play with 35 round-trippers this season for the Cardinals (+123). Milwaukee has Brandon Woodruff starting, and St. Louis counters with Jose Quintana.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Brewers vs. Cardinals

• Game Day: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
• Game Time: 7:40 PM ET
• Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Stadium: American Family Field

Brewers Stats & Trends

Brewers Batting

• The Brewers rank third-best in baseball with 213 total home runs.
• The Brewers have the 22nd-ranked batting average in the league (.235).
• The Brewers’ .316 on-base percentage ranks 11th in the league.
• The Brewers’ 9.0 strikeouts per game are the fifth-most in baseball.
• The Brewers have hit 104 homers at home this season (1.4 per game).
• The Brewers are slugging .417 with 3.0 extra-base hits per game at home.
• At home this season the club averages 7.7 hits per game and is batting .236.

Brewers Key Batters

• Willy Adames is batting .242 with 31 doubles, 31 home runs and 49 walks.
• Among all qualified batters, Adames is 98th in batting average, his on-base percentage ranks 111th, and he is 26th in slugging.
• Tellez is hitting .222 with 23 doubles, 34 home runs and 60 walks.
• Among all qualified hitters, Tellez is 123rd in batting average, 99th in on-base percentage and 33rd in slugging percentage.
• Christian Yelich is slashing .253/.354/.379 this season and leads the Brewers with an OPS of .733.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .238 with a .310 OBP and 69 RBI for Milwaukee this season.

Cardinals Stats & Trends

Cardinals Batting

• The Cardinals have hit 192 homers this season, which ranks seventh in the league.
• The Cardinals rank 10th in MLB with a .252 team batting average.
• The Cardinals have an on-base percentage of .325 this season, which ranks fourth in the league.
• The Cardinals have shown patience at the plate this season with the fifth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.6) among MLB offenses.
• They’ve hit 97 homers, an average of 1.3 per game, in 77 road contests this season.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .424 in away games this season with 255 extra-base hits.
• They are averaging 9.0 base hits per game and batting .254 on the road this season.

Cardinals Key Batters

• Goldschmidt has put up a team-best OBP (.404) and slugging percentage (.585), while pacing the Cardinals in hits (174).
• Including all the qualified hitters in the big leagues, Goldschmidt’s batting average ranks third, his on-base percentage is fourth, and he is third in slugging.
• Nolan Arenado is batting .293 with 41 doubles, a triple, 30 home runs and 51 walks.
• Including all qualified players, Arenado is 16th in batting average, 22nd in on-base percentage and fourth in slugging percentage.
• Tommy Edman is batting .262 with 30 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 45 walks.
• Brendan Donovan is hitting .280 with 20 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 56 walks.

Brewers vs. Cardinals Probable Pitchers