Bernie's Redbird Review: The Brewers Are Desperate. This Is An Opportunity For The Cardinals To Sharpen Their Competitive Edge.

The Cardinals are playing in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. They are aiming to clinch the NL Central division title. The team hasn't been challenged for seven weeks and five days. Cardinals moved into first place on Aug. 5 and have remained there without any real threat of a takeover by the Brewers. The Cardinals have maintained a division lead of at least six games since Aug 25. Brewers were losing 21 of 35 games. Their only credible competitor in the division was reduced to a non-factor. It would be dishonest to deny the other side of this. the Cardinals were winning 28 of 36 games, while the Crew were struggling.

Bernie's Redbird Review: The Brewers Are Desperate. This Is An Opportunity For The Cardinals To Sharpen Their Competitive Edge.

Brewers are playing a two-game series with St. Louis. They are 1½ games behind the Phillies in the chase for the No. 3 wild card spot. The Brewers lost the season series to the Padres, who hold the second wild-card spot, but they have a four-games-to-one advantage because of the tie-breaker.

The Brewers haven't missed the postseason since 2017. They have nine games remaining on the schedule, seven of them at home. Milwaukee is 42-30 at their home this season. The Cardinals are playing against losing teams Miami and Arizona.

The first-place Mets have a one-game lead over the second-placed Braves in the NL East. If the Mets or Braves are the No. 1 wild card, the other two teams will be vying for the remaining two spots. The No 3 wild-card team will play the Cardinals. The team with fewer victories than the 2nd wild–card gets to play against the St. Louis Cardinals, which is a tough opponent.

Pitching match-ups for Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. are Miles Mikolas for the Cardinals and Adrian Hauser for Brewers. Wednesday at 7:30 p., it's Jose Quintana for Cardinals vs. Brandon Woodruff for Milwaukee. Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina are retiring after the season.

Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina are retiring after the season. PuJols got the two home runs he needed for 700 on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. Willy Adames flew his father to St. Louis to see the Brewers play at Busch Stadium earlier this month. Bernie invites you to listen to his opinionated sports-talk show on 590-AM The Fan. He also recommends the podcast "Seeing Red" on the Cardinals with Will Leitch. It airs Monday through Thursday from 3-6 p.m. and Friday from 4- 6 p.,m., and is available on iTunes and the 5 90 app.

Bernie asks Bernie questions. Bernie's stats are from FanGraphs, Baseball Reference, Stathead, Bill James Online, Fielding Bible, and Baseball Savant.