The Milwaukee Brewers have won only one game on the season so far, but the way they've struggled at the plate it's not that big of a surprise. The team has mustered 16 runs over their first five games and will visit the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon, and the Cardinals send their ace to the mound.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. Pitching - The Cardinals will hand the ball to Adam Wainwright who's coming off a healthy seven days of rest since tossing six scoreless innings as he conceded only five hits with six strike-outs and no walks in his season-debut at Wrigley's. He's off a 2014 season where he posted a 2.38 ERA over 32 starts and posted a 2.97 ERA over 30 1/3 innings of work against the Brewers. Milwaukee will counter with Matt Garza who was torched for four runs on eight hits over five innings his first start of the season.

2. Trends - St. Louis has won four of it's last five home games versus the Brewers, and seven of the last nine overall in this series.

3. X-Factor - The Cardinals Matt Carpenter has been as productive as ever so far on the season going 6-for-20 over his first five games.

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