The Milwaukee Brewers (44-39) close out a 3-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (39-43) on Sunday at PNC Park. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Brewers vs. Pirates odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Brewers lead 4-1
The Brewers defeated the Pirates 11-8 on Saturday with OF Christian Yelich, OF Jesse Winker, and 1B Rowdy Tellez all supplying multiple RBIs. Milwaukee is tied with the Cincinnati Reds atop the NL Central.
Pirates OF Jack Suwinski hit his 17th home run of the season and produced 4 RBIs in Saturday’s losing effort. Pittsburgh had its 4-game win streak snapped with the loss and is now 4 1/2 games back of 1st place in the division.
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Brewers at Pirates projected starters
RHP Colin Rea vs. LHP Rich Hill
Rea (4-4, 4.57 ERA) makes his 14th start and 15th appearance. He has a 1.22 WHIP, 3.1 BB/9 and 7.4 K/9 through 69 IP.
- Has allowed 3 ER or more in 8 of his 13 starts
- Is 4-1 over his last 7 outings
Hill (7-7, 4.45 ERA) makes his 17th start. He has a 1.40 WHIP, 3.3 BB/9 and 8.1 K/9 through 89 IP.
- Has given up 3 ER or more in 5 of his last 7 turns
- June 16 at Brewers: Loss, 5 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 6 BB, 5 K in a 5-4 road loss
Brewers at Pirates odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:38 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Brewers -110 (bet $110 to win $100) | Pirates -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Brewers -1.5 (+145) | Pirates +1.5 (-175)
- Over/Under (O/U): 9 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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Brewers at Pirates picks and predictions
Prediction
Brewers 6, Pirates 5
Moneyline
While both teams have average pitchers taking the mound, I’ll back the BREWERS (-110) on the road. The Brewers are 48-22 in the last 70 meetings overall.
Run line/Against the spread
The Pirates should keep this game within striking distance with Rea getting the nod for the Brewers. That being said, I’ll PASS on Pittsburgh’s run line in this NL Central bout at the current odds.
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Over/Under
BET OVER 9 (-115).
Rea and Hill have been giving up runs in bunches in recent starts, which could lead to quite a few in Sunday’s matchup. Even with the Brewers struggling against lefties this season, they were slightly better against southpaws in June, registering the 16th-best wOBA (.306) and wRC+ (90) against them.
The Pirates are 4-0-1 to the Over in their last 5 overall, and the Over is 26-9-4 in the last 39 meetings in Pittsburgh.
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