Brewers vs Pirates Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 13

Brewers vs Pirates Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 13

Odds
Time 7:05 p.m. EST
Brewers money line -213
Brewers run line -1.5 (-125)
Pirates money line +170
Pirates run line +1.5 (+105)
Over / under 9.0

 

Key stats
  Brewers Pirates
Record 70-46 41-74
Home / road record 38-19 23-33
Last 10 record 7-3 1-9
Streak W4 L8
Over / under record 53-61-1 55-55-5
Runs / game 4.57 3.56
Runs allowed / game 3.68 5.16

 

Preview

The Milwaukee Brewers travel to the Pittsburgh Pirates for the first game of a three game series Friday night.  They come hot off a four-game sweep of the Cubs, winnings Wednesday 10-0 and Thursday 17-4.  The Pirates, meanwhile, have dropped 8 straight.

The Brewers bats are hot, scorring 33 runs in their last three games (one of which was only 7 innings).

The Pirates have only managed to score 18 runs in their 8 game losing streak, only scoring 4 more than once.

Pitching matchup

Brewers

Brett Anderson (4-5, 3.54 ERA) takes the mound for the Brewers.  He's coming off five quality starts, giving up only 4 ER in 25.2 innings in those five starts, with 17 hits across the innings.  Pirates have hit a paltry 6 for 53 against him (.113 AVG), with only one extra base hit in those at bats.

Pirates

Mitch Keller (3-9, 7.06 ERA) will attempt to handle the ball for the Pirates.  He comes off yet another game giving up 4 ER.  Over his past four games, he's lasted 14.2 innings, giving up 14 ER, 25 hits and 10 walks.  The Brewers have only seen him 9 times at the plate, getting 2 hits.

Prediction

Expect the Brewers to come out swinging, quite literally, at Keller.  The line has moved from -180 to -213 overnight for good reason.  Take the run line as the Brewers should easily trounce the lowly Pirates.

PICK: Brewers -1.5 (-125)

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