St. Louis Cardinals-Milwaukee Brewers Preview

Probable Pitchers & Start Times
Monday:     Shelby Miller (11-8 2.97) vs. Marco Estrada (5-4 4.71) 7:10 FSNWI
Tuesday:      Lance Lynn (13-6 3.89) vs. Kyle Lohse (8-8 3.17) 7:10 FSNWI
Wednesday: Jake Westbrook (7-8 4.35) vs. Tom Gorzelanny (3-4 2.95) 1:10 620WTMJ

Five Things To Watch
Rivalry fire still burning strong - I understand Cardinal fans probably see Brewer fans as pissants when it comes to actually playing baseball due to the Brewers being 16 games under .500 but the rivalry is still burning bright. I would love to see the Brewers play a part in making sure the Cardinals miss the playoffs. In related news, I live a pretty pathetic life.

Will Marco continue his awesome August? - Since being off the disabled list, Marco has went out and
dominated against both San Francisco and Texas. He will now face the Cardinals, a team he has not fared will against for his career. Hopefully, Estrada can do more of the same tonight for the Brewers as they look for the third win in four games.

Yadi's return - Really pleased Yadier Molina returned to the ball club on August 15th so he could face the Brewers this week you guys. It will be interesting to see if Mike Matheny plans on using him throughout the series or just twice like he did during the Chicago Cubs series over the weekend. My guess is he will play the first two games of the series and then take the afternoon off on Wednesday as the Cardinals have a big four-game series against the Atlanta Braves starting Thursday night.

Defeating the former mates - Wins do not matter in baseball. No matter what Max Scherzer might tell you during bedtime stories, they are not that important. Kyle Lohse has not technically defeated his old teammates on St. Louis. I assume it would be nice for him and his great season thus far if he could put one over on the old ball club.

Can the Brewers hit Miller or Lynn? -  The Brewers scuffled their feet earlier in the year against both Miller and Lynn so hopefully this time around things are a little different. Milwaukee has had a little bit of luck against Lynn throughout the years but they looked helpless against Miller. If they get to Miller tonight, maybe they can translate to a good display of hitting against Lynn.

St. Louis Music


If you did not think this was Nelly, I do not know why you read this blog.

St. Louis Twitter account.
No actual person to follow this time rather it is someone who retweets all the negative things Cardinals fan throughout the day on Twitter at Baseball's Best Fans. It makes JSComments look like a petting zoo.

Prediction 
This is completely biased, but I am going with the good guys taking two.

Charlie.