Cubs at Brewers
O/U 7.5 · RL Brewers -1.5 · American Family Field
The line
BETMGM · 13 moves| Market | Opened Wed 5:00 AM | Close Wed 7:30 PM | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREAD | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | Holds |
| TOTAL | 7.5 (-110) | 7.5 (-110) | Holds |
| MONEYLINE | Brewers -135 | Brewers -135 | Holds |
TOTAL first seen Wed 10:51 AM
Every move, in order ›
| When | Spread | Total | Moneyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENWed 5:00 AM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | — | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 7:15 AM | Brewers -1.5 (+150) | — | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 8:00 AM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | — | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 10:51 AM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 2:42 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -130 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 3:54 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+165) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 4:53 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 4:53 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 5:22 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -130 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 5:35 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 5:39 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +115 |
| Wed 5:45 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
| Wed 6:30 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +115 |
| CLOSEWed 7:30 PM | Brewers -1.5 (+155) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -135 · Cubs +110 |
The read
I'm backing Milwaukee tonight on the strength of the pitching matchup and the offensive fit against Kevin Gausman. Logan Henderson has been the best version of himself lately — 20 innings, 4 earned runs, 18 strikeouts against just 2 walks across his last three starts — and he's been especially sharp at home this season with a 2.08 ERA in his seven home starts, including a 1.89 mark over his last three there. Gausman, by contrast, carries a 4.38 ERA on the year and his road splits are notably worse than his home numbers, and tonight is a true road start for him at American Family Field. His first-inning issues this season stand out too — he's been hit hard to open games, which sets up a real opportunity for Milwaukee's lineup early. The Brewers' regulars match up well against right-handed pitching across the board, and this series has shown the Cubs' bats going cold as a group, hitting just .231 as a lineup over these three games.
Even accounting for the fact that Ian Happ's exact game-day status wasn't confirmed, he's been mired in his own recent slump, so his presence or absence doesn't swing my read on Chicago's offense either way. The one place I stress-tested hardest is the bullpen. Milwaukee's relievers threw a heavy workload over the last three days, including grinding through an extra-inning win last night, and it's fair to wonder whether their late-game arms are running on fumes tonight. But even if I assume that edge shrinks all the way to a coin flip, Chicago's own ninth-inning situation has been a real problem — their closer has blown saves in back-to-back outings and the team has not settled on a clear answer for the ninth. So even in the fatigue scenario, I don't see the late innings clearly favoring Chicago; at worst it's a wash, not a reversal.
My biggest uncertainty is whether Gausman turns in one of his better starts against Milwaukee — he's had success against this lineup before — combined with a genuinely gassed Brewers bullpen. That's the path that beats me tonight. But that requires two separate things to break the same way, not just one, and I don't have a specific reason to expect both. Weighing the full game — the start, the middle innings, the shaky Chicago ninth-inning situation, and Milwaukee's lineup matchup — I like the Brewers to get this one done at home.
The research
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STARTER FORM
Kevin Gausman: 2.84 ERA over his last 3 starts
2.84Kevin Gausman has a 2.84 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 22 strikeouts across 19 innings in his last three starts. His season marks are a 4.38 ERA and 1.26 WHIP entering CHC-MIL.
PLATOON EDGE
Brice Turang (bats L) gets a RHP from the 2nd spot
.880Brice Turang's OPS vs RHP is .880 (364 AB), compared to .530 vs LHP (158 AB). He bats 2nd tonight against RHP Kevin Gausman, the hand he's produced better against this season.
HR THREAT
Pete Crow-Armstrong
+324Gary's Take Crow-Armstrong is running as hot as anyone in this lineup, eight home runs in his last fifteen days and three of them in the last week alone. He already has a home run off Logan Henderson this season, and it wasn't a fluke swing, he squared one up and drove it out to center field in their last meeting just six days ago.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Brewers are 8-4 vs Cubs this season
8-4The Brewers are 8-4 against the Cubs across 12 meetings this season, with the last one a 4-3 win. Tonight's game is CHC @ MIL.
STREAK
MIL games have gone UNDER 4 straight
U4Milwaukee games have gone under in four straight while averaging 10.5 combined runs against lines averaging 11.3. Tonight’s CHC-MIL total is 7.5, below the streak’s recent scoring average.
TEAM RECORD
Cubs 5-1 in Kevin Gausman's last 6 starts
5-1The Cubs are 5-1 in Kevin Gausman’s last six starts this season, including four straight wins in his starts. Gausman starts tonight at Milwaukee.
Brewers 6-2 in Logan Henderson's last 8 starts
6-2Milwaukee is 6-2 in Logan Henderson’s last eight starts this season. Henderson starts tonight against the Cubs.
REGRESSION
Andrew Vaughn: .310 AVG vs .268 xBA
.268Andrew Vaughn is batting .310 against a .268 xBA over 313 plate appearances. His wOBA of .375 outpaces a .335 xwOBA by a similar margin, with the larger sample giving the gap some staying power.
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Props on this game
3- GARY'S PICKLOGAN HENDERSONPITCHER WALKS UNDER 1.5
Command is the separator for Henderson right now, and I don't see that changing tonight. He's issued just fourteen walks across more than eighty innings this season, and over his last eight starts he's stayed at or under one walk in six of them.
The one time he's already faced this Cubs lineup, six days ago at Wrigley, he went seven innings and didn't walk a single hitter. He's also been stretching deeper into games lately, six-plus innings in three of his last four outings, and pitchers working ahead in counts and going deep aren't the ones piling up free passes.
This is a strike-thrower doing what he does against a lineup he's already handled once this month.
- GARY'S PICKGARRETT MITCHELLH+R+RBI OVER 0.5
Mitchell is somebody I want in against a right-hander, and Kevin Gausman fits that description exactly. His numbers against righties this year, .266 with eight of his nine home runs, actually top what he does against lefties, so tonight's matchup plays to his strength rather than against it.
He's running hot right now, five hits in his last fourteen at-bats, and he's carried that form into a strong September stretch. This is a low bar to clear, one hit, run, or RBI, and he's cleared it in eleven of his last fifteen games.
Gausman is also working as a true road pitcher tonight, where his numbers fall off from his home production, and he's had a history of letting the first inning get away from him. I like Mitchell to find his way onto this scoresheet somewhere tonight.
- THE LONG SHOTPETE CROW-ARMSTRONGHR OVER 0.5
Crow-Armstrong is running as hot as anyone in this lineup, eight home runs in his last fifteen days and three of them in the last week alone. He already has a home run off Logan Henderson this season, and it wasn't a fluke swing, he squared one up and drove it out to center field in their last meeting just six days ago. His power also skews toward right-handers, thirty of his forty-one home runs this year have come against them, which lines up with facing Henderson again tonight. He's the type of hitter capable of carrying a game by himself right now, and I'll take the price on him running into one more.
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