Milwaukee Brewers (67-52) vs Cleveland Guardians (71-49)
Game Info: Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 7:15 pm (American Family Field)
The Line: Betting Odds: Milwaukee Brewers -105 / Cleveland Guardians -112 — Over/Under:
The Cleveland Guardians and the Milwaukee Brewers meet Saturday in MLB action from American Family Field. Here’s a Cleveland Guardians vs Milwaukee Brewers prediction. This will be the second installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Guardians vs Brewers pick. We will examine:
The Cleveland Guardians recent form and player performance
The Milwaukee Brewers recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Cleveland Guardians
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Milwaukee Brewers
Recent betting trends in games played between the Guardians and Brewers
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Guardians vs Brewers game
Cleveland Guardians Betting Preview
In their last series versus the Chicago Cubs, the Guardians were able to notch a sweep. Cleveland won all three games 9-8, 2-1 and 6-1. In the Friday opener versus the Brewers, Cleveland took a tough loss 5-3. Gavin Williams left after 4.0 innings and five earned runs. In the starter slot for Saturday it’ll be Tanner Bibee. This year in 23 starts Bibee is 10-4 with a 3.39 ERA. In 48 career starts Bibee is 20-8 with a 3.17 ERA.
Milwaukee Brewers Betting Preview
Over on the Brewers’ side, they took on the Los Angeles Dodgers this week. Milwaukee dropped the first pair of games 5-2 and 7-2 but came back to even it up with wins in the next two. On Friday the Brewers gave up three runs in the eighth but held on for the win. Starter Aaron Civale put up 6.0 clean innings with four hits and one walk.
Freddy Peralta will start for Milwaukee on Saturday. This year Peralta is 7-7 with a 4.11 ERA in 24 starts. In his career Peralta is 49-34 with a 3.88 ERA in 170 games (121 starts).
Total Runs Facts
- Ten of the Brewers’ last 11 games against AL Central opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Five of the Guardians’ last six road games against National League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Guardians’ last five road games against NL Central opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Brewers’ last three games.
Milwaukee Brewers Player Prop Facts
- Brice Turang has recorded an RBI in each of the Brewers’ last four games at American Family Field against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Freddy Peralta has recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his last three appearances against AL opponents.
- William Contreras has scored at least one run in seven of the Brewers’ last eight games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Christian Yelich has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 10 home appearances against AL Central opponents.
- Willy Adames has hit a home run in three of the Brewers’ last four games at American Family Field against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Christian Yelich has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 home appearances against AL Central opponents.
- Christian Yelich has recorded at least one Single in nine of the Brewers’ last 10 games as favorites against AL Central opponents.
Cleveland Guardians Player Prop Facts
- Josh Naylor has recorded two or more RBIs in four of his last five appearances with the Guardians as underdogs against NL Central opponents.
- Steven Kwan has scored at least one run in five of the Guardians’ last six games as underdogs against NL Central opponents.
- Steven Kwan has recorded at least one Single in nine of his last 10 road appearances against NL opponents.
- Lane Thomas has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight appearances with his team as a road underdog against NL opponents.
- Jose Ramirez has hit a home run in each of the Guardians’ last two road games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Lane Thomas has recorded at least one total base in each of his last eight appearances with his team as a road underdog against NL opponents.
- Jose Ramirez ranks 6th in the league in Home Runs (32) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Milwaukee Brewers rank 3rd in the league for walks this season (450).
- The Milwaukee Brewers rank 3rd in the league for ERA this season (3.71).
- The Cleveland Guardians rank 4th in the league for strikeouts against this season (888).
- The Cleveland Guardians rank 5th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.234).
Cleveland Guardians vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction
I’ll stay with the Guardians. Bibee is rolling along quite nicely lately. In his last three starts Bibee is 2-0 with four earned over 16.2 total innings. As for Peralta, he’s been choppy over his last two starts with eight earned in 11.0 innings.
On Friday the Guardians were down 5-0 after four innings and couldn’t make anything happen outside of the eighth (two homers). Cleveland should start things out well with Bibee on the mound Saturday, but they’ll need the offense to follow along.