MLB Odds Brewers vs Cardinals MLB Picks – August 17th, 2010: National League Central rivals Milwaukee and St. Louis begin a two game set in the Show Me State this evening as the Cardinals attempt to keep pace with the first place Reds. Tonight's game is scheduled to get underway at 8:15pm ET at Busch Stadium. MLB Odds at SBGglobal.com have St. Louis listed as a -175 moneyline favorite and the game total set at 9.
The Cardinals dropped two out of three at home to the Cubs over the weekend, including a 9-7 setback in the series 
finale. St. Louis, which swept the Reds in Ohio prior to hosting Chicago, relinquished its NL Central lead back to Cincinnati with its poor showing against the Cubs.
Tony LaRussa's squad now stands at 65-51 on the season and trails the Reds, which open a series with the Diamondbacks tonight, by one game.
The Cardinals will look to garner a share of the division lead with rookie left-hander Jaime Garcia on the hill tonight. Garica, who is 10-5 in 22 starts this season with a 2.71 ERA, has been rocked in his last two starts, giving up 12 hits and eight earned runs over 10.1 innings. Despite his most recent performances, the Reynosa, Mexico native has been lights out at Busch, posting a 4-2 record in 10 starts at the stadium to go along with a 1.94 ERA.
The Brewers lost their second straight series this past weekend after scoring just one win in a three game series with the Rockies. Milwaukee's record fell to 55-64 as a result, leaving the club 12.5 games back of the Reds and three games ahead of the fourth place Astros in the NL Central.
The Brew Crew's Dave Bush gets the call tonight as he shoots for his sixth win of the season. The Wake Forest product, who has pieced together a 5-10 record and 4.78 ERA, got hammered his last time out courtesy of the Diamondbacks, which lit him up for eight hits and seven earned runs (5.1 innings pitched) in a 2-8 loss. Bush has been horrid on the road this season, where he is 2-5 with a 5.00 ERA in 11 appearances.
MLB Odds Betting Trend: The Brewers are 8-2 straight up in their last 10 games as a road dog in St. Louis with a total between 8.5 and 9.
SBGglobal.com MLB Odds Brewers vs Cardinals MLB Picks – August 17th, 2010:
Milwaukee Brewers +1.5 (-130), Over 9 (-110), +165 (Moneyline)
St. Louis Cardinals -1.5 (+110), Under 9 (-110), -175 (Moneyline)
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