Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/5/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Cardinals.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-196) St. Louis (+162)

The Milwaukee Brewers (18-15) are traveling to Busch Stadium on Tuesday where they will go up against the St. Louis Cardinals (20-14). The moneyline on this contest has the Brewers at -196 while the Cardinals are at +162. The total is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Brandon Sproat and Andre Pallante.

Milwaukee owns a slugging percentage of .354 and have struck out 262 times, while drawing a walk on 155 occasions. They have recorded 165 RBI's in addition to 264 base knocks this season, and their batting average comes in at .239. The Brewers have compiled 53 doubles as a team and have knocked 22 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 172 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .335. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 5.2 runs per contest, which is 4th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.62 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.26. Brewers pitchers have allowed 28 home runs and 127 total runs (4th in the league). Milwaukee has surrendered 250 base hits (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 116 earned runs. The Brewers have a team ERA of 3.56 this year (4th in the league), and the staff has rung up 309 batters. They have walked 118 opposing players and their FIP is 3.60 as a team on the campaign.

Brewers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 31 times and also have had 35 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 20 holds so far this season (15th in MLB). The Brewers bullpen have recorded a save rate of 66.7% and have entered the game in 36 save situations. They have recorded 10 saves this year and have not converted 5 out of their 15 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 48 base runners so far this season and 37.5% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Brewers have dispatched 110 relievers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Brewers have turned 69.6% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,640 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 15th in MLB. The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated 880 putouts this year, in addition to 274 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which ranks 9th in MLB, and have accumulated 27 double plays.

Sproat has taken the mound for 46 innings and has accumulated 42 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Sproat (0-4 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 5.92 and he has gone up against 199 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 6.01 (31 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.466. He has allowed 46 base hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 22 free passes.

The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated a team OBP of .325 in addition to a team batting average of .241 for the season. They have struck out on 283 occasions (16th in MLB) and have earned a total of 275 base knocks. St. Louis has accounted for 44 long balls on the campaign as well as 162 runs batted in. The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .403 and they tally 4.88 runs per game (9th in the league). They have 51 doubles, while getting a free base 123 times and notching 166 runs.

The St. Louis pitching staff have conceded 166 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.54 (155 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 37 homers and they concede 4.87 runs per 9 innings (22nd in MLB). The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.420 and have a FIP of 4.62 as a squad on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 6.90 (236 strikeouts against 130 walks). They are sitting at 25th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 306.

St. Louis relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 39.3% out of their 56 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 44 times in high leverage situations in addition to 37 occasions with base runners. With 48 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 28 holds and 6 blown saves. They are currently ranked 10th in the league holding a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 124 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

In 2,763 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals hold a efficiency on defense of 69.3% (20th in MLB). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 35 double plays and have a fielding rate of .986 (17th in professional baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 345 assists, 18 errors and have notched a total of 921 putouts for the year.

In his career, Pallante has conceded 499 base knocks while he has totaled 347 K's in 491 innings. Pallante (27-31 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 4.29 ERA while giving up 9.1 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 234 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.411 and having a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.79 and he has faced 2,121 batters so far in his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-196)

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