Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 55-77 Cincinnati Reds play host to the 58-75 Milwaukee Brewers tonight in MLB action on the grass of Great American Ball Park, Sept 4, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET

Betting Odds

Moneyline: Milwaukee +105/Reds -115
O/U Total: 9

Pitching Matchup
Matt Garza (R) W/L 6-14 WHIP 1.54 ERA 5.56
Keyvius Sampson (R) W/L 2-2 WHIP 1.79 ERA 6.43

Milwaukee was a 5-3 winner over Pittsburgh on Thursday completing a 3-game sweep. They were 5-1 on their homestand. The Brewers are 25-36 away from home in 2015. Cincinnati had the day off yesterday. They are coming off a 3-3 road trip and are 3-6 in their last 9 games.

The Brewers have a 6-1 lead in the last 7 games played between these two NL Central foes in 2015.

Garza received a no decision in his last start, a 12-9 loss to these Reds. He went 3.2 innings and allowed 7 runs. He has 10 Q starts on the year.

Sampson also received a no decision in that same contest. He also lasted 3.2 innings and yielded 5 runs. He has 1 Q start in 6 starts on the season.

No Milwaukee hitter has more than 3 ABs vs. Sampson. SS Jean Segura is 2-2 while 2B Scooter Gennett is 3-3 with 2 RBIs. 1B Adam Lind is 1-2 (.500) against the young right-hander with an RBI while C Jonathan Lucroy is also 1-2. The Brewers are hitting .438 as a team against Sampson.

Reds’ OF Jason Bourgeois is 3-3 against Garza while OF Jay Bruce is 11-30 (.367) with 3 HRs and 9 RBIs. 3B Todd Frazier is 6-19 (.316) against the veteran right-hander with 3 HRs and 5 RBIs while IF Skip Schumacher is 8-19 (.421). Cincinnati is hitting .346 as a team against Garza.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati Betting Trends

The game total has gone over in 7 of Milwaukee’s last 8 Friday night games.
The game total has gone over in 10-2-2 in Milwaukee’s last 14 games overall.
Cincinnati is 6-20 straight up in their last 26 Friday night games.
The Reds are 7-21 in their last 28 games overall.
The game total has gone under in 17 of these two teams last 25 meetings.

Injury Report

MILWAUKEE
[P] 08/21/2015 – Tyler Cravy 15-day DL (8/19) ( Elbow )
[P] 08/14/2015 – Michael Blazek 15-day DL (8/13) ( Hand )

CINCINNATI
[CF] 08/31/2015 – Brennan Boesch 15-day DL (8/23) ( Ankle )
[P] 08/23/2015 – Manny Parra 15-day DL (8/19) ( Bicep )
[CF] 08/19/2015 – Billy Hamilton 15-day DL (8/19) ( Shoulder )
[P] 06/17/2015 – Jon Moscot 60-day DL (6/16) ( Shoulder )
[SS] 06/11/2015 – Zack Cozart 60-day DL (6/11); out for season ( Knee )
[C] 05/25/2015 – Devin Mesoraco 60-day DL (5/23), out for season ( Hip )
[P] 04/28/2015 – Homer Bailey 60-day DL (4/26); out for season ( Elbow )
[P] 04/04/2015 – Sean Marshall 60-day DL (4/5) ( Shoulder )

Consensus Pick Moneyline:
Milwaukee: 47%
Cincinnati: 53%

Free MLB Pick

Garza has been absolutely horrible the last three times he has been handed the ball getting tagged for 19 runs in 13 1/3 innings. Much of the same for the Reds’ Keyvius Sampson who has given up 14 runs in his last three starts in a combined 11 innings. These two starters matched up on August 29 in a 12-9 Cincinnati victory. It is difficult to imagine anything different in this go around.

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