The St. Louis Cardinals are wandering into American Family Field this afternoon for a 3:10 PM EDT regular-season matchup that feels less like a contest and more like a Milwaukee victory lap. If you are tuning in on MLB.TV, Brewers.TV, or Cardinals.TV, you will get a front-row seat to a classic mismatch: a powerhouse Milwaukee team with a shiny 53-26 home record versus a St. Louis squad hitting a sleepy .241. The Cardinals are also playing shorthanded with Nathan Church day-to-day and Everson Pereira on the 10-day injured list, which is exactly what you want when trying to avoid a sweep.
Milwaukee hands the ball to Jacob Misiorowski, who has spent the year embarrassing hitters to the tune of a 1.86 ERA and a hilarious 247 strikeouts. St. Louis counters with Andre Pallante, a perfectly respectable starter whose 3.61 ERA looks great until you remember his teammates have to back him up with a 4.26 team ERA. With the Brewers pitching staff sporting a tidy 3.52 team ERA compared to the Cardinals' leaky defense, St. Louis will need a minor miracle to spoil the party in Wisconsin. Head over to StreakChat to lock in your pick and let us know if you think the Cardinals can somehow pull off the upset.