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<\/a>Chicago has suffered back-to-back shutout losses, while going UNDER the betting total in seven of its last 10 affairs.\u00a0 Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro is batting .417 in his career against tonight\u2019s opposing starter, while first baseman Anthony Rizzo is 1 for 21 in that situation.\u00a0 Offensively, the club has been able to provide Travis Wood a 5.66 run-support average, which is much higher than its average of 3.8 for the season.\u00a0 Chicago is 4-7 as road underdogs of +125 to +150 this season, with the UNDER going 6-3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n
Wood (5-4, 4.35 ERA) has tallied three consecutive victories, including a 3-2 road win over the San Diego Padres last time out, as he allowed two runs and three hits over 7.1 innings of work.\u00a0 The left-hander is 2-3 with a 6.59 ERA in five road outings, with opposing hitters batting .288 against him.\u00a0 He has compiled a disappointing 0-2 record and 5.68 ERA in two starts at this venue since joining the franchise.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee has won two games in a row, including an 8-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles as -128 home favorites Wednesday, while going OVER the betting total in three consecutive affairs.\u00a0 Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez continues to have a strong season\u2014batting .459 over the course of a current nine-game hitting streak.\u00a0 Hot-hitting catcher Jonathan Lucroy may cool down due to collecting just 2 hits in 16 career at-bats versus Wood.\u00a0 Milwaukee is 21-11 as home favorites of -150 to -175 since the start of the 2012 campaign.<\/p>\n
Brewers starting pitcher Marco Estrada (4-2, 3.98 ERA) has alternated wins and losses in his last four trips to the hill\u2014picking up a 9-5 road victory over the Miami Marlins last time out.\u00a0 The right-hander is 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA in four home appearances, but he\u2019s surrendered five home runs in 25.2 combined frames.\u00a0 In his last seven starts versus the Cubs, Estrada has tallied a 5-1 record and 3.09 ERA.<\/p>\n
Sports bettors will likely back the Brewers due to their 24-6 record in their last 30 home games in this series.<\/p>\n
Make sure to check out our Major League Baseball picks<\/a> all season long and get the most up-to-date betting odds at Bookmaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chicago Cubs (19-32) and Milwaukee Brewers (32-22) will meet up in a National League Central affair Friday night at Miller Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 8:10 p.m. ET Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers\u00a0 Chicago has suffered back-to-back shutout losses, while going UNDER the betting total in seven of its last 10 affairs.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[103,180,6817,1776,266,4887,2606],"class_list":["post-34159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-carlos-gomez","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-marco-estrada","tag-miller-park","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-starlin-castro","tag-travis-wood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34160,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34159\/revisions\/34160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}