St. Louis at Milwaukee

St. Louis has a losing road mark and winds up a grueling 10-game road trip with this one. The offense looked out of gas yesterday in a 4-0 defeat. The Cardinals are #25 in the league in runs scored, #19 in on-base percentage, #22 in slugging, and the pitching staff is #14 in team ERA (4.09) with the second-most walks allowed in the Majors. Starter Jon Lester (5.05 ERA) has a poor 68-42 strikeout to walk ratio in 107 innings and has a 5.40 ERA on the road. He faces a Milwaukee offense that is #10 in runs scored, #12 in on-base percentage, while the pitching staff is third in team ERA (3.41). The Brewers are 72-43 versus NL teams with an on-base percentage .325 or worse, plus 76-45 against teams with bullpens that average more than 3.2 innings per contest. Also, Milwaukee is 12-2 in the last 14 starts made by Corbin Burnes (2.27 ERA). Play Milwaukee.