San Francisco Giants at Milwaukee Brewers
Friday, May 27th, 8:05 PM
(matchup)
After being swept by the Florida Marlins, the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants must now travel to Milwaukee to play the hottest team in baseball betting, the Brewers, who come in on a six-game win streak. If you are looking for MLB odds, please take note that oddsmakers have this matchup even with both teams currently -105 on the money line.
When making
baseball picks, it is important to understand which teams are much better at home than on the road. Milwaukee is one such team. The Brew Crew are 19-6 at Miller Park this season compared to just 8-17 on the road. All six recent wins came at home as they are off back to back sweeps of Colorado and Washington. The Milwaukee offense is averaging 5.7 runs per game and hitting .289 here at home this season.
However, pitching is also an important element when making
baseball picks and San Francisco has one of the best arms in the game going tonight with ace Tim Lincecum on the hill. Lincecum has a very mediocre 4-4 record in 10 starts this season, meaning baseball bettors have been unable to take advantage of betting the lefty. One can hardly blame the southpaw though as he has a 2.06 ERA overall and an even better 1.74 on the road. He has thrown two scoreless outings in previous three starts, including a complete game victory over Oakland last weekend.
The Brewers will start Shawn Marcum, one of three pitchers in the Milwaukee rotation that was an Opening Day starter in 2010. Marcum is 3-0 his last three starts, having allowed one earned run in back to back outings over 15 innings. Overall, he is 6-1 with a 2.37 ERA this year.
With two good pitchers, you may want to look at playing baseball totals. One might think that Under would be the way to go in this one, but our MLB betting trends suggest otherwise as Milwaukee is 12-3 Over this season if they won their previous game. Oddsmakers have set the over/under line for this game at 6.5 runs.
