MLB Odds: Cardinals vs Brewers MLB Picks – April 9, 2010: National League Central rivals Milwaukee and St. Louis are set to kick off a three game series at Miller Park tonight. MLB Picks at Bodog.com presently have the Cardinals listed as a slight -107 moneyline favorite. The online bookmaker has set the game total at 9.5. Tonight's game is scheduled to get underway at 8:10pm ET in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee rebounded from a 3-5 season opening loss to Colorado by taking the Rockies out 7-5 on Tuesday and 5-4 on 
Wednesday. The Brewers, at 2-1, are in a three way tie with the Cardinals and Pirates for first place in the Central thanks to their back-to-back wins.
Wake Forest product Dave Bush will attempt to keep the team's win streak intact when he faces the Cardinals tonight. Bush, who went 5-9 last season with a 6.38 ERA, did not perform well against St. Louis in 2009, going 0-2 in two starts against the Red Birds. Bush pitched a total of 10.1 innings in those outings, giving up 18 hits and 10 earned runs.
St. Louis nearly escaped Cincinnati with a three game sweep, but Jonny Gomes smashed a solo dinger off of reliever Jason Motte in the bottom of the ninth to give the Reds a 2-1 win in yesterday's series finale. The Cardinals had 17 players cross the plate in the first two games of the series, outscoring Cincy by a total of eight runs.
Manager Tony La Russa will send 31 year old right-hander Kyle Lohse to the hill this evening. Lohse went 6-10 in 22 starts a season ago while posting a mediocre 4.74 ERA. Lohse is 3-5 in 14 career appearances against the Brewers with a 5.17 ERA. In six outings at Miller Park Lohse has produced a 2-1 record and a bloated 7.07 ERA.
The Cardinals are 7-1 in their last eight games at Miller Park, scoring a total of 37 runs (4.6 rpg) while giving up just 13 (1.6 rpga).
MLB Odds Betting Trend: The Cardinals are 7-3 straight up and the Over is 7-3 in the team's last 10 games as a road favorite with a total between 9.5 and 10 (facing a right handed pitcher).
Bodog.com MLB Odds: Cardinals vs Brewers MLB Picks – April 9, 2010:
St. Louis Cardinals -1.5 (+145), Over 9.5 (-110), -107 (Moneyline)
Milwaukee Brewers +1.5 (-165), Under 9.5 (-110), -103 (Moneyline)
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