Brewers-Pirates Lines Preview

The Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at PNC Park. Carlos Villanueva will be the starting pitcher for the Brewers on this day. Righthander Villanueva is 0-2 this season with a 4.95 ERA. Starting this game for the Pirates will be Kevin Hart. The righthander has a 4.05 ERA to go along with a 3-2 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Brewers lost to Houston 8-5 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9). Ryan Braun was 3-4 with a home run and two RBI for Milwaukee and Felipe Lopez was 3-4 with a run scored. The Cubs handed the Pirates a fourth straight loss in a 3-1 victory on Saturday, as -165 favorites. The teams played UNDER the posted over/under (10.5). Zach Duke gave up nine hits and three runs over 7 1-3 innings in suffering the loss for the +145 underdog Pirates. Current streak: Pittsburgh has lost 4 straight games. Team records: Milwaukee: 58-59 SU Pittsburgh: 46-70 SU Milwaukee most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Pittsburgh are 7-3 After playing Houston are 4-6 After a loss are 5-5 Pittsburgh most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing Milwaukee are 2-8 After playing Chi Cubs are 1-9 After a loss are 1-9 A few trends to consider: Milwaukee is 18-2 SU in its last 20 games when playing Pittsburgh The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing Milwaukee The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games Pittsburgh is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Milwaukee Next up: Pittsburgh home to Milwaukee, Tuesday, August 18