Brewers at Pirates
O/U 6.5 · RL Brewers -2.5 · PNC Park
The pick & result
- Published pick
- Brewers -1.5 -126
- Published odds
- -126
- Result
- Won
- Final score
- 5-1
Odds are the American price printed with this pick, not a current offer. Wins, losses and pushes remain on the public record; a missing grade is not a win.
The line
BETMGM · 11 moves| Market | Opened Sep 15 5:00 AM | Close Sep 15 6:31 PM | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREAD | Brewers -2.5 (+120) | Brewers -1.5 (-125) | −1 |
| TOTAL | 7.5 (-115) | 7.5 (-102) | Price |
| MONEYLINE | Brewers -275 | Brewers -220 | +55 |
Every move, in order ›
| When | Spread | Total | Moneyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENSep 15 5:00 AM | Brewers -2.5 (+120) | 7.5 (-115) | Brewers -275 · Pirates +220 |
| Sep 15 7:15 AM | Brewers -2.5 (+115) | 7.5 (-115) | Brewers -275 · Pirates +220 |
| Sep 15 8:00 AM | Brewers -2.5 (+115) | 7.5 (-105) | Brewers -275 · Pirates +220 |
| Sep 15 9:00 AM | Brewers -2.5 (+115) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -275 · Pirates +220 |
| Sep 15 11:00 AM | Brewers -1.5 (-130) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
| Sep 15 3:01 PM | Brewers -1.5 (-125) | 7.5 (-110) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
| Sep 15 4:01 PM | Brewers -1.5 (-125) | 7.5 (-105) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
| Sep 15 4:30 PM | Brewers -1.5 (-130) | 7.5 (-105) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
| Sep 15 4:42 PM | Brewers -1.5 (-125) | 7.5 (-105) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
| Sep 15 6:18 PM | Brewers -1.5 (-130) | 7.5 (-105) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
| Sep 15 6:21 PM | Brewers -1.5 (-130) | 7.5 (-102) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
| CLOSESep 15 6:31 PM | Brewers -1.5 (-125) | 7.5 (-102) | Brewers -220 · Pirates +180 |
The read
The Brewers visit PNC Park tonight, with Pittsburgh looking to turn its recent winning stretch into an upset at home. Milwaukee brings the stronger starting-pitching profile and an offense that has recently supplied substantial support. Those are the two things carrying my decision. Milwaukee’s starter owns a 1.95 ERA and 0.80 WHIP, with four of his last five starts reaching at least six innings while allowing no more than two earned runs. That recent consistency gives the Brewers a credible route to a shorter bullpen assignment, which matters against Pittsburgh’s opener-and-relief approach.
The strongest argument against Milwaukee is that Pittsburgh’s opener has been effective himself, allowing just two earned runs across his last five outings. Short appearances do not automatically mean poor pitching, and Monday’s shared off day helps Pittsburgh organize the innings behind him. The Pirates are also 7-3 over their last ten, compared with Milwaukee’s 6-4. That describes their recent results without establishing an advantage tonight, but their three shutout victories show how they have been winning. Pittsburgh can make this uncomfortable through continued run prevention, and Milwaukee’s starter did surrender five earned runs in one of his recent outings.
I still favor Milwaukee because the offensive support makes its case broader than the pitching matchup alone. The Brewers recently won 20-0 and 13-9 before losing 3-4; the blowouts demonstrate scoring potential, while the subsequent loss keeps those performances in perspective. Pittsburgh needs its effective early pitching to carry through a longer sequence of relief assignments. I trust Milwaukee’s combination of starter consistency and offensive production more in that contest. The modest inward wind offers some support for run prevention on both sides, without creating a decisive advantage. At -215, the price demands restraint, but my judgment is that Milwaukee has enough supporting strength around its starter to justify the moneyline.
The research
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HEAT CHECK
William Contreras: 1.123 OPS in Last 15 Days
1.123William Contreras has a 1.123 OPS over the last 15 days in 47 AB. That is 0.359 above his .764 season mark.
HR THREAT
William Contreras
+800Gary's Take William Contreras is running as hot as anyone in either lineup, five home runs in his last fifteen games and four already in September on just forty-two at-bats, a .997 OPS for the month. That's the kind of power stretch worth a swing at plus-eight-hundred.
RUNNING GAME
Green light: Milwaukee Brewers run, and Rafael Flores Jr. has caught just 15%
15% CSMilwaukee averages 1 steal a game and has 144 this season. Rafael Flores Jr. has thrown out 4 of 27 runners for a 15% caught-stealing rate.
Pittsburgh Pirates like to run — William Contreras (34% caught) is the wrong catcher to test
34% CSPittsburgh averages 0.8 steals a game. William Contreras has thrown out 24 of 70 runners for a 34% caught-stealing rate.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Pirates are 6-4 vs Brewers this season
6-4The Pirates are 6-4 against the Brewers across 10 meetings this season, but Milwaukee won the last one 5-2. Tonight is in Pittsburgh; the earlier venues, pitching matchups and other margins are not supplied.
STREAK
PIT games have gone UNDER 5 straight
U5Pittsburgh games have gone under in 5 straight, averaging 7.2 total runs against numbers around 9.3. Tonight’s MIL-PIT total is 6.5, lower than both supplied measures.
TEAM RECORD
Brewers 7-1 in Jacob Misiorowski's last 8 starts
7-1The Brewers are 7-1 in Jacob Misiorowski’s last 8 starts this season, with 6 consecutive wins in his starts. He starts tonight at Pittsburgh.
Pirates 5-1 in Lake Bachar's last 6 starts
5-1The Pirates are 5-1 in Lake Bachar’s last 6 starts this season, including wins in his last 3. He starts tonight at home against Milwaukee.
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Props on this game
3- GARY'S PICKONEIL CRUZH+R+RBI OVER 0.5
Oneil Cruz is the hottest bat in this lineup right now, hitting .340 with an .861 OPS over his last fifteen days and reaching base or driving in a run in twelve of his last fifteen games on this number. He's at home, batting cleanup, and gets a full night of looks.
The one real caution is his history against Misiorowski specifically, hitless in eight career at-bats, but this isn't a bet that requires Cruz to solve him outright. One single, one run around the bases, or one RBI clears it, and Misiorowski typically runs into pitch-count trouble by the sixth or seventh, which means Cruz gets extra chances against a Milwaukee bullpen that has allowed runs in five of its last eight outings.
His everyday production carries this even in a tough individual matchup.
- GARY'S PICKBRYAN REYNOLDSH+R+RBI OVER 0.5
Reynolds shows up on the stat sheet more nights than not, over on this number in eleven of his last fifteen games. He's a step cooler this past week, four hits in twenty-two at-bats, but the fifteen-day window has him back at .294 with an .852 OPS, and switch-hitting at least keeps him from being locked into one look all night, even though his numbers batting left against right-handers run a touch under his numbers from the right side.
Misiorowski is the best arm he'll see for a while and Reynolds is 2-for-6 in his career against him, which keeps me from going bigger here. But this only requires a single, a run scored, or a sacrifice-fly RBI across better than four plate appearances, and Pittsburgh's lineup has kept producing against Milwaukee's bullpen even in games the Brewers starter controls.
I like Reynolds to get his.
- THE LONG SHOTWILLIAM CONTRERASHR OVER 0.5
William Contreras is running as hot as anyone in either lineup, five home runs in his last fifteen games and four already in September on just forty-two at-bats, a .997 OPS for the month. That's the kind of power stretch worth a swing at plus-eight-hundred.
Lake Bachar is opening for Pittsburgh rather than working deep into the game, so Contreras figures to see him only briefly before Pittsburgh turns to relievers who've allowed eleven earned runs over their last five days. He's gone deep off Bachar before in limited looks, and batting cleanup guarantees him a full allotment of at-bats.
PNC Park plays fair-to-big to the deep parts of the yard, so I'm not calling this likely, but the price more than covers that, and a hitter locked in like this is exactly who I want on the home run board.
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