Milwaukee at St. Louis

Milwaukee started the road trip in dismal fashion losing 18-1 to the Cardinals yesterday with the offense just 19th in on-base percentage. The Brewers are on an 8-12 run overall, including losing six of their last seven road games getting outscored 50-22 by the home teams. While the starting pitching is generally strong, the bullpen ranks 19th in ERA (4.15) and 17th in WHIP. Lefty Wade Miley has lost his last two starts surrendering 10 runs in 11 innings. The Brewers have lost four of their last five against lefty starters and are 19-31 versus a starter who strikes out five or more batters per start. St. Louis has won seven of eight with an offense that has moved up to eighth in runs scored, sixth in on-base percentage, and seventh in slugging, while the bullpen is 11th in ERA (3.73) and sixth in strikeouts. Jordan Montgomery shut out the Brewers when he faced them last month, a 6-0 win allowing three hits with 9 Ks. With the Cardinals 53-29 against southpaw starters, back home field. Play St. Louis.