MLB Betting Free Picks: Milwaukee @ St. Louis

Added on Jul 04, 2010 by Jack Thurman in

MLB

Sportsbooks offering a lot of daytime baseball betting opportunities on the 4th of July, and here’s a second solid value position in the National League as the St. Louis Cardinals host the Milwaukee Brewers. Cards are still 1.5 games back on the Cincinnati Reds, while Milwaukee is in third place in the NL Central 8.5 games out of first.

Milwaukee Brewers (Gallardo) at St. Louis Cardinals (Wainwright)
July 4, 11:15 AM Pacific

We haven’t had many good opportunities to use the Milwaukee Brewers this year–in fact, they were a team that we looked to play against in the early part of the season particularly at home. They’ve gone on a nice run of late, however, and we’ve got a couple of good reasons to back the Brew Crew in their July 4th game against the Cardinals at St. Louis. For whatever reason, Milwaukee has dominated the Cards in head to head play in St. Louis recently. The Brewers have won 16 of the last 24 games played in the Gateway City.

Good pitching matchup in this game, with Adam Wainwright getting the start for St. Louis against the Brewers Yovani Gallardo. The Cards are a perfect 8-0 in Wainwright’s home starts and he’s got an exceptional 1.49 ERA in those games. Gallardo has been a very pleasant surprise for the Brewers this year with a 2.56 ERA and a 2.25 mark on the road. With the Brewers’ success in St. Louis during the past few years we’ll take Milwaukee with their very talented righthander Gallardo on the mount at an attractive underdog price here.

Bet Milwaukee (Gallardo) +140 over St. Louis (Wainwright)