Rangers at Brewers
O/U 7.5 · RL Brewers -1.5 · American Family Field
Brewers -1.5+102
CONF 62%
WCashedFinal 1-6
The read
The roof is closed at American Family Field as Milwaukee returns home with the best record in baseball. Texas had Thursday off, but the larger matchup still points toward the home favorite.
Logan Henderson brings a 2.60 ERA and 0.89 WHIP into his 14th start. He has a 2.33 ERA over his last three outings and a 2.25 ERA in six home starts, all Milwaukee wins. Left-handed hitters have a .610 OPS against him and right-handed hitters a .575 OPS, giving Texas no obvious platoon opening.
Cody Bradford has been competitive, allowing no more than three earned runs in any of his four starts, but his file remains thin after returning in August. He has a 1.40 WHIP, a 4.09 road ERA, and Texas has lost both of his road starts. Milwaukee owns only a .696 OPS against left-handed pitching, so this is not a perfect offensive matchup; the larger advantage comes from Henderson and what follows him.
Milwaukee’s current bullpen carries a 3.31 ERA and 1.14 WHIP, compared with 3.57 and 1.32 for Texas. Over the last ten days, the separation is 0.85 versus 4.55 in ERA. Add Milwaukee’s 5.0 runs per game and plus-173 run differential against Texas’ 4.1 and minus-47, and there is enough support for the Brewers run line instead of laying the unavailable -205 moneyline.
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Props on this game
2Cody BradfordOVER 5.5 Pitcher Hits Allowed Pitcher Hits Allowed+124
WActual 9
Bradford has allowed 25 hits in 20.2 innings, with totals of five, five, eight and seven across his four starts. His four-seamer accounts for half his pitches and has been hit for a .356 average with a .368 xwOBA, while his lightly used breaking balls have been even more vulnerable. Milwaukee's weaker season split against lefties is the concern, but six hits do not require a blowup. Bradford has averaged just over five innings per start, and this price gives me plus money on a number his contact profile says is reachable.
Jackson ChourioOVER 1.5 Total Bases Total Bases-102
LActual 1
The four-hit, two-homer game Thursday is only part of the case. Chourio owns a .304 average and .898 OPS against left-handed pitching, and he is hitting .315 with a .943 OPS and six homers in August. He bats second against a starter whose primary fastball has allowed a .356 average. Two total bases can come through one extra-base hit or two singles, and Texas' bullpen has a 4.55 ERA over the last ten days if Chourio needs his later plate appearances.
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