Brewers bring 1-0 series advantage over Cardinals into game 2

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St. Louis Cardinals (77-83, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (101-59, first in the NL Central)

Milwaukee; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Quinn Mathews (2-3, 3.65 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 39 strikeouts); Brewers: Dustin May (7-9, 4.67 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 139 strikeouts)

LINE: Brewers -193, Cardinals +157; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers play the St. Louis Cardinals with a 1-0 series lead.

Milwaukee has a 53-26 record in home games and a 101-59 record overall. Brewers hitters have a collective .341 on-base percentage, the top percentage in the NL.

St. Louis has a 39-40 record in road games and a 77-83 record overall. The Cardinals have a 53-33 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

Saturday's game is the 12th meeting between these teams this season. The Brewers hold a 9-2 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jake Bauers has 22 doubles, two triples, 26 home runs and 86 RBIs for the Brewers. William Contreras is 9 for 38 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Alec Burleson has 37 doubles, a triple and 25 home runs while hitting .280 for the Cardinals. Ivan Herrera is 8 for 33 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 8-2, .241 batting average, 2.73 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Cardinals: 3-7, .202 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

INJURIES: Brewers: Joey Ortiz: day-to-day (ankle), Andrew Vaughn: 10-Day IL (illness), Grant Anderson: 15-Day IL (biceps), Brandon Woodruff: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brian Fitzpatrick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Quinn Priester: 60-Day IL (wrist), Angel Zerpa: 60-Day IL (forearm)

Cardinals: Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (hand), Blaze Jordan: 10-Day IL (ankle), Joshua Baez: 10-Day IL (side), Max Rajcic: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (forearm)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.