Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 44-60 Milwaukee Brewers play host to the 55-47 Chicago Cubs tonight in MLB action on the grass of Miller Park, August 1, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cubs -118/Brewers +108
O/U Total: 8
Pitching Matchup
Kyle Hendricks (R) W/L 4-5 WHIP 1.17 ERA 3.81
Matt Garza (R) W/L 5-11 WHIP 1.55 ERA 5.20
Chicago was a 4-1 winner over Milwaukee yesterday. They are 2-0 on their road trip and 4-1 in their last 5 games. The Brewers are 0-2 on their homestand and 2-8 in their past 10 games. They are 20-31 at home in 2015.
The teams are tied up at 4 wins apiece this year but Chicago has a 5-4 edge in the last 9 encounters between these NL Central foes.
Hendricks received his 11th no decision of the season in his last start, a 9-8 win over Colorado. He allowed 4 ERs in 5 innings and has 6 Q starts on the year. The team is 10-10 in his 20 starts.
Garza was a 3-0 loser at Arizona in his last outing. He surrendered all 3 runs in 5.2 innings. He has 7 Q starts this season.
Chicago OF Chris Coghlan is 5-12 (.417) with a SB against Garza while OF Jorge Soler is 2-5 (.400) with a pair of RBIs. IF Jonathan Herrera is 2-6 (.333) against the veteran right-hander. The quintet of 1B Anthony Rizzo, 3B Kris Bryant, SS Starlin Castro, IF Addison Russell and OF Dexter Fowler are a combined 5-29 (.172) vs. Garza with 1 RBI.
No Milwaukee hitter has more than 9 ABs against Hendricks. OF Khris Davis is 3-7 (.429) while OF Logan Schafer is 1-3 (.333) with an RBI against Hendricks. SS Jean Segura is 2-7 (.286) against the right-hander and the Brewers have combined for 0 HRs, 2 RBIs and 0 steals.
Chicago at Milwaukee Betting Trends
Chicago is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
The Cubs are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The game total has gone under in 7 of Chicago’s last 10 games against Milwaukee.
The Brewers are 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games.
Milwaukee is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games at home against Chicago.
Injury Report
CHICAGO CUBS
Tommy La Stella 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Miguel Montero C 15-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Zac Rosscup P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada P 15-Day Disabled List
MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Brandon Kintzler 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick ATS
Chicago: 66%
Milwaukee: 34%
Free MLB Pick
The recent form of the starters gives an edge to the Brewers, but their lack of offense has us on the Cubs. Milwaukee has scored two or less runs in seven of their last eight games losing six of those matches with all losses by two or more runs. That’s good enough to give us the confidence for a runline play.
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