The Milwaukee Brewers will pay a visit to Wrigley Field to take on their division rival Chicago Cubs. The action begins at 8:05 p.m. ET and you can catch it on NSC+ and FSWI.
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs Odds
The Cubs are 11-10 SU and 11-9 ATS. The team has lost 3.3 units for bettors taking the moneyline while gaining 3.2 units against the spread (ATS). The Brewers are 16-9 SU and have gone 14-10 ATS. Overall, the team’s gained 6.5 units for moneyline gamblers in the season’s early going and 3.5 units ATS.
Chicago games have had an over/under record of 11-9 thus far in 2018. The Brewers have an over/under record of 10-14.
The right-handed Chase Anderson is projected to start for the visiting Brewers. Anderson is 2-1 with a 3.25 ERA and 21 strikeouts. He’s 0-1 with two strikeouts and a 3.00 ERA against Chicago this year (four starts).
The Cubs are putting the ball in the hands of righty Kyle Hendricks (1-1, 4.09 ERA), who has 19 strikeouts and seven walks, as well as a WHIP of 1.36. Hendricks is 0-0 with a 7.20 ERA over one starts against Milwaukee this year.
Chicago’s pitching staff has yielded 4.4 runs per game overall in 2018 as a unit. The club’s starters have an ERA of 4.98, a WHIP of 1.51 and a strikeouts-per-nine of 8.2. The bullpen has a 2.83 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 9.1 K/9. In 10 games against NL Central foes, Cubs starters have an ERA of 3.07 and the bullpen’s ERA is 4.41.
The Chicago hitters have put up 5.8 runs per outing, including 5.0 per game against divisional foes and 7.6 per game over their last five. The team has a slash-line of .300/.361/.489 over its last five contests and is 3-2 SU during that span.
Second baseman Javier Baez and third baseman Kris Bryant have paced the Cubs’ batters so far. Baez is slashing .309/.371/.728 with seven home runs, 24 RBIs and 19 runs scored, and Bryant’s line is .319/.467/.536 with 22 hits, 11 RBIs and 12 runs.
For the visiting squad, Milwaukee’s pitchers have allowed 3.7 runs per game and its starters own a 3.87 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 6.84 K/9. The bullpen has managed an outstanding ERA of just 2.47, along with a WHIP of 1.30 and a K/9 of 10.62.
The Brewers offense has slashed .247/.320/.400 on its way to 4.2 runs scored per game in 2018, including 2.7 runs per game against divisional foes and 5.8 per game over the team’s last five outings (5-0 SU).
Third baseman Travis Shaw and outfielder Lorenzo Cain have led Milwaukee’s hitters. Shaw is slashing .286/.381/.538 with five home runs, 14 RBIs and 17 runs scored, while Cain is hitting .298/.400/.476 with three homers, eight RBIs, 16 runs and five stolen bases.
The Brewers have gained 5.5 units and are 10-7 ATS when facing a righty starter this season. The over has cashed in seven of those games, compared to 10 that’ve gone under in such games. On the other hand, the Cubs have lost 1.1 units and are 8-6 ATS when facing a right-handed starting pitcher. The over has hit in nine of those games, compared to five which went under the total.
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs MLB Prediction
Predictions: SU Winner – Cubs, ATS Winner – Brewers, O/U – OVER
Notes
Betting Notes
The under has cashed in five of Milwaukee’s last seven games.
Chicago has recorded 26.0 Runs + Hits + Errors per game over its last 10 outings and 30.4 over its last five.
The Brewers have hit 12 home runs in their last 10 games, including seven over their last five.
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