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The
Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers will meet on the field at
Miller Park on Friday in a battle of division rivals.
Rodrigo
Lopez will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs on this day.
Righthander Lopez is 4-3 this season with a 5.20 ERA.
Meanwhile,
it'll be Randy Wolf who starts for the Brewers. Lefthander Wolf is
10-8 with a 3.45 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers
currently have the Brewers listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus
the Cubs, while the game's total is sitting at 8½.
Last
time out for Chicago, they were an 8-3 loser as they battled the
Braves at home. Moneyline bettors who got the Braves at -111 were
rewarded, while the 11 combined runs moved the game OVER for totals
bettors.
The
Brewers were a 2-0 loser in their most recent outing on the road
against the Pirates. That made winners of bettors who got Pittsburgh
at +166 on the moneyline, while the total score (2) was good news for
UNDER bettors.
Team
records:
Chicago: 57-74 SU
Milwaukee: 78-54 SU
Chicago
most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing
Milwaukee are 4-6
After playing Atlanta are 6-4
After a loss
are 5-5
Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Friday are
7-3
Before playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After playing Pittsburgh
are 7-3
After a loss are 8-2
A
few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi
Cubs's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi
Cubs's last 5 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
The
total has gone OVER in 10 of Chi Cubs's last 13 games on the road
Chi
Cubs are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games on the road
The total has
gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home
Milwaukee is
5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Chi
Cubs
Milwaukee is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games at home
The
total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games
Next
up:
Milwaukee home to Chi Cubs, Saturday, August 27