Brewers vs Cardinals Picks and Prediction – 4/20/2024

The Milwaukee Brewers will be back on the road Friday night with game one of three in Saint Louis against the Saint Louis Cardinals. Milwaukee is playing good baseball coming into Friday five games above .500 following a win against the San Diego Padres in their last outing. Milwaukee has come up big this season on both sides of the dish with a .277 team average as they have scored 98 runs on 165 hits. Milwaukee has also thrived with the power having hit 24 total home runs this season. The Milwaukee pitching has a 3.81 ERA overall as well. For other MLB news see our MLB Picks.

Freddy Peralta will get the ball for Milwaukee on Friday for his fourth start of the year. Peralta is 2-0 thus far this season with a 2.55 ERA. Peralta has given up just five runs on ten hits across 17.2 innings of work through three outings this season.

The Saint Louis Cardinals return home Friday one game below .500 on the year. Offensively St. Louis has struggled with a .226 team batting average. The Cardinals have scored just seventy runs on 140 hits through 19 games played. The Cardinals pitching has struggled as well with a 3.74 era as opponents have a .251 batting average.

Masyn Winn leads the St. Louis offense this season with a .347 batting average and 8.404 OBP. Nolan Arenado has led Saint Louis with 23 hits in just nineteen games played. Nolan Gorman and Ivan Herrera have supplied the power for Saint Louis this season having hit three home runs apiece. Brendan Donovan leads the team with ten RBI.