Braves-Brewers Lines Preview

The fans at Miller Park will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers when they take their seats on Friday.

The Braves will give the ball to starter Javier Vazquez in this one. Righthander Vazquez is 7-7 this season with a 2.86 ERA.

The Brewers will counter Vazquez with Manny Parra. Lefthander Parra has a 6.37 ERA to go along with a 4-8 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Braves lost to San Francisco 5-1 as a -170 favorite on Thursday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).

Yunel Escobar hit a solo home run for Atlanta and Kenshin Kawakami allowed one run on four hits in five innings.

Ryan Braun belted a solo home run and drove in four runs in the Brewers’ 8-7 loss to the Pirates last time out, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8.5).

Mitch Stetter gave up the winning run and suffered the loss.

Team records:
Atlanta: 49-47 SU
Milwaukee: 48-47 SU

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Milwaukee are 2-8
After playing San Francisco are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5

Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing Atlanta are 8-2
After playing Pittsburgh are 9-1
After a loss are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Atlanta’s last 12 games when playing Milwaukee
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Atlanta’s last 21 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Milwaukee’s last 12 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Milwaukee’s last 21 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta

Next up:
Milwaukee home to Atlanta, Saturday, July 25