The Dodgers continue their roll toward the playoffs while the Brewers are just looking to stay close in the playoff picture, heading into the opener of this three-game series at Chavez Ravine Monday night. A pair of lefties hit the hill here as Julio Urias goes for Los Angeles against Eric Lauer for Milwaukee. How are we playing this game with our free baseball betting pick?
MLB Betting Odds
Monday’s baseball betting lines opened LA and Urias at around -230 over Milwaukee and Lauer, with an over/under of eight runs. Early betting action then bumped the Dodgers 20 cents to -250. Los Angeles could also be found at around -115 giving the run and a half on the run line.
Brewers-Dodgers MLB Betting Preview
Milwaukee just dropped two of three games at the Cubs over the weekend, avoiding the sweep by winning Sunday’s series finale 5-2. Just before that the Brewers split four games with these Dodgers but just before that they lost two of three at St. Louis. So Milwaukee is 0-2-1 over its last three series and 4-6 over its last 10 games. At 64-56 overall the Brewers now trail the first-place Cardinals by five games in the NL Central and they’re a game and a half behind Philadelphia in the battle for that No. 3 spot in the NL wild-card standings. Los Angeles, meanwhile, just swept three games at home from Miami, winning Sunday’s series finale 10-3. Just before that the Dodgers split four games at Milwaukee and just before that they took two of three at Kansas City. Going back a bit further Los Angeles is 6-0-1 over its last seven series and 20-4 over its last 24 games. At 84-36 overall the Dodgers lead the NL West by 18 games and they’re 6.5 games up on the Mets in the battle for the best record in the National League.
Monday’s Pitching Match-Up
Urias is 13/23 on quality starts this season and five for his last six. Last Monday against Milwaukee he tossed five innings of four-hit, shutout ball in a 4-0 Los Angeles victory. And over his last six starts he’s allowed just four runs and 27 hits through 38 innings, with four walks against 37 strikeouts. The Dodgers are 15-8 with Urias this season and 11-0 his last 11 times out! Over his last three starts against the Brewers, two last year and the one last week, Urias allowed just two runs and nine hits through 18 1/3 innings, with four walks against 23 whiffs. Los Angeles won all three of those games. Lauer is 10/22 on quality starts this year and going good as of late. Last Wednesday he held these Dodgers to two runs and four hits through seven innings, although Milwaukee lost that game 2-1. And over his last four starts he’s allowed seven runs and 19 hits through 25 innings. The Brewers are 13-9 with Lauer this season. Over his last three starts against Los Angeles, two last year and the one last week, Lauer allowed seven runs and 14 hits through 17 innings. The Brewers lost two of those three games.
Splits With the Sticks
Milwaukee is batting .217 against left-handed pitching this season, with a .305 team OBP and a .351 team slugging percentage. Numbers like those lead us to rank this line-up among the bottom half-dozen in Baseball in this split. Los Angeles is slashing .250/.326/.425 against left-handed pitching.
The Bullpens
The Dodgers bullpen owns a 3.05 ERA this season, along with a ML-best 1.07 WHIP. The Brewers pen owns a 3.85 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP.
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MLB Betting Trends
Milwaukee is 33-32 on the road this season and 19-19 against left-handed starters. Los Angeles is a ML-best 43-15 at home and 27-12 against left-handed starters.
Totals Report
- The overs are 59-51 in Brewers games this season.
- The unders are 60-48 in Dodgers games.
- The unders are 27-24 at Dodger Stadium this season.
- The unders are a combined 25-15 with Urias and Lauer this season.
