Brewers vs. Giants Prediction
Will the Brewers rebound from their loss last night with a victory tonight against the Giants at 10:15PM ET?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Brewers are -107 money line favorites versus the Giants, who have odds of -101 to win at home. With Jimmy Nelson set to face Jeff Samardzija in the pitching matchup, the over/under currently sits at 7.5 runs.
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From Rotoworld: Nelson yielded five runs — three earned — over 6 1/3 innings Wednesday in a no-decision against the Pirates. Milwaukee eventually won the game 7-6, with the victory going to setup man Anthony Swarzak. Nelson struck out seven batters and issued only one walk, but the Pirates tallied eight hits against him and the right-hander committed an error on a pickoff throw in the top of the first inning which led to Pittsburgh’s first run. Nelson is 9-6 with a 3.74 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, and 169/38 K/BB ratio in 151 2/3 innings. Up next is a road start against the last-place Giants.
Samardzija surrendered four runs on eight hits over six innings in Thursday’s win over the Phillies. Samardzija struck out six and walked one on the evening. He coughed up a pair of solo home runs, too, with Cameron Rupp and Nick Williams taking him deep in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively. Up next on the docket for the veteran right-hander, a home start against the Brewers. Samardzija will carry a 4.79 ERA and 1.21 WHIP into that one.
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OUR PREDICTION: The Brewers have won four of Nelson’s last five starts coming off five days of rest, are 5-1 in his last six outings versus National League West opponents, and are 8-3 in his last 11 starts versus an opponent with a losing record. On the other side, the Giants are just 17-36 in their last 53 games coming off a win, are 3-13 in Samardzija’s last 16 starts during the second game of a series, and are 7-16 in his last 23 outings versus an opponent with a winning record.
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