Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 7/8/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Cardinals.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-128) St. Louis (+106)

The Milwaukee Brewers (56-33) are headed to Busch Stadium on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals (47-41). The odds on this game have Milwaukee at -128 and St. Louis is at +106. The over/under comes in at 9. The starting pitchers are Kyle Harrison and Michael McGreevy.

As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 5.1 runs per contest, which has them at 4th in MLB. They have a total of 453 runs and hold an OBP of .337. The Brewers have recorded 155 two-baggers as a team and have hit 83 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 427 RBI's in addition to 769 hits over the course of the season, while their batting average is at .254. Milwaukee has a slugging % of .396 and have been called out on strikes 731 times, while drawing a walk on 366 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.93 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.18. Brewers pitchers have yielded 84 home runs and 325 total runs (1st in baseball). Milwaukee has surrendered 644 base knocks (7.3 per 9 innings) and 295 earned runs. The Brewers hold a team ERA of 3.32 for the season (1st in the league), and their staff has rung up 871 hitters. They have walked 297 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.52 as a unit on the year.

The Brewers have dispatched 274 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 105 runners this season with 36.2% of those runners ended up scoring. The relief pitchers are sitting with 43 holds on the year (20th in baseball). Brewers bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 73 times as well as having 96 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 29 saves for the year and have blown 14 of 43 chances to get a save. The Brewers bullpen have earned a save rate of 67.4% and have come into the game in 87 save situations.

The Brewers have converted 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,197 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 6th in pro baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have a tally of 2,399 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 685 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .988 which ranks 6th in professional baseball, and have a total of 68 double plays.

Harrison (17-10 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 3.89 while he has gone up against 1,159 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 255 base knocks (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has 87 free passes. His ERA is 3.95 (120 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.251. Harrison has pitched in 273 innings and has accounted for 290 strikeouts so far in his career.

St. Louis is sitting with 99 home runs this year and 394 runs batted in. They have tallied 123 doubles, while getting a free base 290 times and earning 406 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have an on-base percentage of .324 and a team batting average of .247 this year. The Cardinals hold a team SLG% of .395 and they score 4.61 runs per contest (12th in baseball). They have been rung up on 677 occasions (27th in MLB) and have earned 732 base hits.

The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.332 and have a FIP of 4.20 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They sit at 22nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 753. The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 394 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.13 (360 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.60 (663 strikeouts vs 293 walks). They have relinquished 90 home runs and they surrender 4.52 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league).

They are currently ranked 16th in baseball holding a save rate of 64.3%, and they have sent 299 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 102 times in high leverage situations in addition to 99 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 107 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 62 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. St. Louis has had relievers enter the game in 42 save chances and they have converted 27 saves. St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.2% of 145 inherited base runners.

In their 7,071 innings on the field, the Cardinals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 69.6% (18th in pro baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 80 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (13th in baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 827 assists, 44 errors and have earned a total of 2,357 putouts on the season.

In his career, McGreevy has allowed 200 base hits and he has 136 strikeouts in 213 innings pitched. He has conceded 85 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.144 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.09 and he has gone up against 863 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. McGreevy (14-11 career win-loss record) holds a 3.59 earned run average while giving up 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+106)

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