MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — The Milwaukee Brewers will host the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday at American Family Field. Milwaukee enters the matchup 101-61. St. Louis is 79-84. The Brewers beat Philadelphia 5-1 in their most recent game. The Cardinals lost 2-1 at Pittsburgh in their most recent game. Milwaukee has won five of its last six. St. Louis has lost four of its last six. The Cardinals lost 2-1 at Pittsburgh, won 5-1 at Pittsburgh and lost 0-2 at Pittsburgh in their last three games. The Brewers beat Philadelphia 5-1, beat Philadelphia 4-1 and lost 4-6 at Philadelphia in their last three games. Milwaukee swept Baltimore before winning two of three in Philadelphia.

St. Louis is expected to start Michael McGreevy (7-10). Milwaukee is expected to counter with Robert Gasser (5-5). The forecast at game time calls for 61 degrees.

Cooper Hjerpe is a player to watch for St. Louis. In his latest appearance, he pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowed three hits and no earned runs, walked three and struck out three. He also worked four scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win at Colorado earlier in the month. Hjerpe has struck out 15 batters over his last four appearances. He has allowed no earned runs in two of those outings. He allowed two earned runs over four innings in his previous outing. Milwaukee has dominated the season series.

Aaron Ashby is a player to watch for Milwaukee. He pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts in his latest outing. He has allowed two earned runs over his last four appearances. He has thrown scoreless ball in three of his last four appearances. He has not allowed a hit in three of his last four appearances. Milwaukee has won nine of 10 meetings between the teams this season, including all three games in Milwaukee in May and four of five at St. Louis in July. The Brewers won the first three games in Milwaukee by scores of 5-1, 6-0 and 2-1. Milwaukee won the most recent meeting 8-4 at St. Louis. St. Louis won 5-1 at home against Milwaukee in July.

The Cardinals have lost two of three in each of their last two series. The teams are scheduled to play two more games in the series this weekend. St. Louis is 79-84. Milwaukee is 101-61.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 4. Interstat’s ELO system gives Milwaukee a 66 percent probability to win. Milwaukee is installed as a -1.5 pregame favorite, and the over/under is 8.