Thursday, June 19, 2008

Blue Jays-Brewers Who Will Cover?

The fans at Miller Park will be treated to a interleague game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Milwaukee Brewers when they take their seats on Thursday.

Righthander AJ Burnett will take the mound for the Blue Jays to start this game. Burnett is 6-5 this season with a 4.75 ERA.

It'll be David Bush toeing the rubber for the Brewers in this contest. Righthander Bush is 2-7 with a 5.81 ERA so far this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Brewers held off a late surge to defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 at Miller Park as -135 favorites on Wednesday. The game's nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (7.5).

Mike Cameron belted a solo home run and finished with two RBIs for the Brewers. Ben Sheets allowed two earned runs over six innings for the win, and Salomon Torres got his ninth save.

Gregg Zaun homered and finished 2-for-3 at the plate for the Blue Jays, who were +120 underdogs in that game. Shaun Marcum allowed four runs off six hits in six innings of work.

Current streak:
Toronto has lost 4 straight games.
Milwaukee has won 3 straight games.

Team records:
Toronto: 35-38 SU
Milwaukee: 38-33 SU

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Pittsburgh are 3-0
After playing Milwaukee are 1-3
After a loss are 4-6

Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Baltimore are 2-1
After playing Toronto are 3-1
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
Toronto is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Toronto is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Milwaukee is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Milwaukee is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games

Next up:
Toronto at Pittsburgh, Friday, June 20
Milwaukee home to Baltimore, Friday, June 20

 

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