Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 38-52 Milwaukee Brewers play host to the 53-35 Pittsburgh Pirates tonight in MLB action on the grass of Miller Park, July 17, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Pirates +108/Brewers -119
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Charlie Morton (R) W/L 6-2 WHIP 1.31 ERA 4.15
Mike Fiers (R) W/L 4-7 WHIP 1.41 ERA 3.96

Pittsburgh is coming off an 8-2 homestand and is 13-3 in their last 16 games. Milwaukee was 1-2 on a mini road trip and is 2-6 in their past 8 games. They are 16-28 at home in 2015.

The Pirates lead the season series 6-3 and have a 7-3 edge over their NL Central rival in their last 10 encounters.

Morton received a no decision in his last start, a 5-2 win over San Diego. He allowed 2 runs over 6 innings for his 6th Q start in 9 games this year.

Fiers received his 7th no decision of the campaign in his last outing, a 6-5 win over Atlanta. He allowed 4 runs over 6 innings and has 7 Q starts this season.

For Pittsburgh, OF Andrew McCutchen has been lethal against Fiers, going 6-16 (.375) with 4 HRs and 9 RBIs. 2B Neil Walker has also had great success, going 8-16 (.500) with a solo HR and a stolen base. 3B Pedro Alvarez is 3-11 (.273) against the right-hander with 2 HRs, 4 RBIs and a steal. OF Starling Marte is only 1-7 (.143) against Fiers but has a HR, 3 RBIs and 2 steals.

Brewers C Martin Maldonado is 4-5 (.800) against Morton with an RBI while OF Ryan Braun is 8-20 (.400) with a HR, 5 RBIs and a SB. OF Carlos Gomez is 5-11 (.455) against the right-hander with a HR, 3 RBIs and 2 steals while 3B Aramis Ramirez is 7-20 (.350) with a pair of RBIs. The 8 other hitters to have faced Morton before are a combined 8-65 (.123) with a HR, 4 RBIs and a stolen base.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee Betting Trends

The Pirates are 8-1 straight up in their last 9 games.
Pittsburgh is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games against Milwaukee.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games on the road in Milwaukee
The Brewers are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games.
Milwaukee is 8-15 straight up in their last 23 home games.

Injury Report

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Harrison 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Corey Hart 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 60-Day Disabled List
Rob Scahill P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Sellers 2B 60-Day Disabled List

MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Matt Garza P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Kintzler 15-Day Disabled List
Wily Peralta P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Betting (ATS)
Pittsburgh: 71%
Milwaukee: 29%

Free MLB Pick

Pirates’ starter Charlie Morton has been getting rough up on the road getting tagged for 15 runs (13 earned) in just 12 2/3 innings in three away starts in 2015. That stat line is blown out or proportion by a disastrous outing against the Nationals that saw him give up nine runs in 2/3 of an inning! He does however have a good start against the Brewers this season back in June when he pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings. Milwaukee starter Mike Fiers is in good form right now with a 1-0 record and 2.25 ERA in his last three starts but he hasn’t fared well against Pittsburgh whose current lineup has a lifetime .323 record against him. Fiers didn’t look good in his only start against the Pirates this season getting lit up for five runs in five innings back in April.

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