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The Milwaukee Brewers and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at
The Brewers will trot ace Ben Sheets out to the mound in this one. Righthander Sheets has a 13-7 record and a 2.82 ERA this season.
It’ll be Jamie Moyer toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. Lefthander Moyer is 13-7 with a 3.64 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Brewers scored twice in the eighth inning to climb past the Reds 4-3 and avoid a sweep on Wednesday. The Brewers won that game as -280 favorites, while the seven runs went as a PUSH against the posted over/under (7).
C.C. Sabathia had one hit at the plate, but earned a no-decision for the Brewers. Guillermo Mota got the win, and Salomon Torres closed out the ninth for his 27th save.
The Phillies were defeated 7-3 by the Marlins last time out, as -155 favorites at home. The combined 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8.5).
Ryan Howard went deep for the Phillies in the loss. Brett Myers fell to 9-11 after giving up four runs over 7 1-3 innings.
Current streak:
Team records:
Philadelphia: 79-67 SU Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4 Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5 After playing Cincinnati are 6-4 After a win are 7-3 Philadelphia most recently: A few trends to consider:
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Milwaukee’s last 21 games on the road Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee Philadelphia is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee Next up:
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