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Brewers Eye For Longest Winning Streak Against Houston in 12 Years
Watch out, here come the Houston Astros. After spending much of the early portion of the season battling the Los Angeles Angels to try to stay out of last place in the American League West Division. Houston has won five games in a row with a National League-leading Milwaukee coming to Minute Maid Park for a weekend series. The Brewers vs Astros lines favor visiting Milwaukee in the series opener.
After the teams traded wins and losses in 11 consecutive meetings, the Brewers won the last two games in the series with Milwaukee outscoring Houston 10-0 in those two games. Four of the last five games between the teams landed under the total.
The series opener is approaching pick’em status with each squad lined at -110. But these could continue shifting heading closer to the first pitch.
Houston is tied for seventh at +1900 in the odds of winning the World Series with Milwaukee tied for 12th at +4000 in the championship odds despite the Brewers being 7.5 games ahead of the Astros in the baseball standings.
Brewers vs Astros Series Information
Matchup: Milwaukee Brewers (26-17), Houston Astros (19-25)
Date/Time: Friday, 8:10 p.m; Saturday, 7:10 p.m; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. (all in ET)
Location: Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Stream: Bally Sports Wisconsin, Space City Home Network
Brewers vs Astros Probable Pitching Matchups
- Friday: Freddy Peralta (Brewers); Hunter Brown (Astros)
- Saturday: Bryse Wilson (Brewers); Justin Verlander (Astros)
- Sunday: Colin Rea (Brewers); Spencer Arrighetti (Astros)
Brewers Are On the Road Again
Milwaukee returns to the road after winning five times in a seven-game homestand. Before the home series against National League Central Division rivals Pittsburgh and St. Louis, the Brewers had lost four of their last five road games.
The Brewers is third in the majors with 28 stolen bases on the road with a .260 team batting average ranking fifth.
Brice Turang, Christian Yelich, William Contreras, and Gary Sanchez are all hitting over .300 on the road and have combined for 13 home runs in 22 road contests.
Keep that in mind when looking at the Brewers vs Astros lines.
The total went over in seven of Milwaukee’s last nine games.
Astros Starting to Pitch In
Only the Chicago White Sox and the Colorado Rockies had worse team ERAs than Houston’s mark of 5.10. Houston is showing signs of turning things around and the performance of the starting pitchers is a major reason why.
In the last five games, the starting pitchers for Houston have allowed 15 hits and two runs with 33 strikeouts and four walks. That could factor into the Brewers vs Astros lines.
With all the injuries to potential starting pitchers, seven different Astros have started at least five games. The depth will be tested during this series with Blanco being suspended. Jose Urquidy, Lance McCullers, and Kendall Graveman are on the injured list.
Ronel Blanco, who threw a no-hitter in his season debut, would have likely started the series finale but is serving a 10-game suspension for having an illegal substance in his glove during his last start.
Houston’s last seven games against National League teams finished under the total.
Who’s Hot
- Bryan Abreu, Houston Astros P: Abreu has given up two hits and no runs with eight strikeouts in 4.1 innings in his last four games.
- William Contreras, Milwaukee Brewers C: Contreras is hitting .472 with six extra-base hits, 10 runs, and seven RBIs during a nine-game hitting streak.
- Bryan Hudson, Milwaukee Brewers P: Hudson has allowed seven hits and one run with 23 strikeouts in 17 innings over his last 13 appearances.
- Kyle Tucker, Houston Astros OF: Tucker is 7-for-19 with six runs, five extra-base hits, and four RBIs over his last six games.
Who’s Not
- Brandon Bielak, Houston Astros P: Bielak has surrendered five hits and four runs in five innings in his last three appearances.
- Blake Perkins, Milwaukee Brewers OF: Perkins is 1-for-28 with 12 strikeouts in his last eight games.
- Colin Rea, Milwaukee Brewers P: Rea has given up 13 hits and seven runs in 10.2 innings. This was in his last two starts.
- Jon Singleton, Houston Astros OF: Singleton is 2-for-20 with six strikeouts in his last six games.
Brewers vs Astros Injury Update
Outfielders Rhys Hoskins, Garrett Mitchell, and Joey Weimer join pitchers J.B. Bukauskas, DL Hall, and Devin Williams on the MLB injured list for the Brewers.
During Blanco’s 10-game suspension, Houston will also be without outfielder Chas McCormick, and pitchers Oliver Ortega and Bennett Sousa.
Brewers vs Astros Betting Preview
The game went over the total in six of the last seven times that Milwaukee played at Houston. Keep that in mind when making MLB predictions.
The Brewers have covered against the run line in 14 of 22 games while Houston is just 10-13 versus the run line at home.
When looking at potential MLB scores today, Milwaukee is 13-7 as a favorite this season while Houston is 4-5 as the underdog.
Twelve of Milwaukee’s 22 road games have finished over the total. The total is set at 8.5 for the series opener.
The Brewers are 22-14 against right-handed starting pitchers this season. Milwaukee is second with a .264 batting average and third with a slugging percentage of .432 against righty pitchers.
Before taking the final two games in the 2023 series, Milwaukee hadn’t won back-to-back games against the Astros since winning four games in a row in 2012.
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