Brewers-Pirates Lines Preview

Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet at PNC Park.

Mike Burns will be the starting pitcher for the Brewers on this day. Righthander Burns is 2-2 this season with a 6.54 ERA.

The Pirates will counter Burns with Ross Ohlendorf. Righthander Ohlendorf has a 4.64 ERA to go along with a 7-7 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Brewers lost to Cincinnati 5-3 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).

Price Fielder was 3-4 with a two-run home run for Milwaukee and Yovani Gallardo gave up three runs on seven hits in six innings.

The Pirates lost to San Francisco 4-3 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5).

Ryan Doumit was 2-4 with two RBI for Pittsburgh and Brandon Moss hit a solo home run.

Team records:
Milwaukee: 47-45 SU
Pittsburgh: 40-51 SU

Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Pittsburgh are 9-1
After playing Cincinnati are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Milwaukee are 1-9
After playing San Francisco are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee’s last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Milwaukee’s last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Pittsburgh’s last 11 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games when playing at home against Milwaukee

Next up:
Pittsburgh home to Milwaukee, Tuesday, July 21

 

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