Cardinals vs Brewers Game 1 Odds 2011 NLCS Picks: Fortunately, the (0-0) St. Louis Cardinals [+135] and the MLB Betting Odds favorite (0-0) Milwaukee Brewers [-145] will not have to contend with weather conditions in games played at Miller Park, the site for Games 1 and 2 of the 2011 National League Championship Series. This 2011 NLCS best-of-seven series will decide which one of these two teams will have home-field advantage when it represents the National League in the 2011 World Series.
Today’s opener is scheduled for today at 4:10 PM ET and you can catch all the 2011 NLCS action on FOX. According to Game 1 Odds 2011 NLCS Picks specialists, the projected OVER/UNDER line for the Cards and Brew Crew is set at a combined total of 7½ runs scored. These are two teams coming into the Championship Series with plenty of momentum. Our starters for game one will be: Cardinals’ LHP Jaime Garcia (2011 NLDS: 0-1, 3.86 ERA) vs RHP Zack Greinke (2011 NLDS: 0-0, 7.20 ERA).
For the Cardinals, Tony LaRussa has been able to get motivate his guys enough to play high-level ball for a prolonged period of time. Their improbable run for a postseason berth was only topped by their monumental upset of the favorites to win this year’s Fall Classic. With superior pitching and timely hitting, St. Louis took out the best team in baseball, record-wise, in a decisive Game 5 on the road.
"I don't think there's any script for this," La Russa said. "I think four teams got in from our league, and you could have mixed in the different combinations. It happened to be us and the Brewers in the same division.
“What that adds is we play each other a lot this season. That's just the postseason; you can never predict who's going to go to the next round and who's going to leave this one."
But the Brewers had the best record in all of baseball when playing at home. For the Cards to go into Miller Park and beat the Monster Mode Brewers would be difficult to imagine, however, not impossible. As we’ve seen throughout this postseason, anything is possible and no team is immune from upsets. For that, and many other reasons I’m picking St. Louis to win this series. As far as Game 1 is concerned, I like the Cardinals at +1½! Get $50 in Free MLB Picks Here!
