Wandy Rodriguez is on one day less of rest and has an ERA of 6.11 ERA on the road this year he also has a 5.06 ERA in his last 5 starts at Miller Park while Yovani Gallardo is 10-3 with a 2.52 ERA in his career vs. the Pirates.
Several of the Brewers hitters have big numbers vs. Rodriguez while Gomez and Braun have been leading the majors in avg vs. LHP Gomez has a .362 average and a 1.083 OPS vs. LHP while Braun has a .388 average and an OPS well over 1.000 too. Braun joins Aoki, Ramirez and Weeks who are a combined .357 average and 8 HR in 157 AB. Milwaukee is also backed by a bullpen that has produced a 1.69 ERA over their last 10 games and they have dominated the Pirates at home going 45-9 since the start of the 2007 season.
I love the under here. Barksdale behind the plate on a Sunday is under the total 34-16-4 while we have two of the top pitchers on 5 days rest going in a game against two hitting clubs that struggle against RHP and LHP. The Cardinals are 28th in OPS v.s LHP and they face Clayton Kershaw who is under the total 12-3-2 in his last 17 on 5 days rest and has a 0.80 ERA in 6 home starts this year. The Dodgers are also 28th in OPS, but vs. RHP and face Shelby Miller who is 5th in the league in ERA and has a 1.25 ERA in his 3 starts on 5 days rest this year. I see both throwing gems in a low scoring game.
