Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers 5/26/19 - MLB Baseball Pick & Betting Odds
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Milwaukee Brewers
MLB: 2:10 PM ET
May. 26, 2019
TV: MLB Network
Latest Odds : Milwaukee -165 O/U 9.0
The Milwaukee Brewers entered this series with the benefit of an off day Thursday. Also, the Milwaukee Brewers were already at home as they just completed a 2-game set with the Cincinnati Reds. That gave the Milwaukee Brewers the scheduling edge entering this series but they failed to take advantage and have lost the first two games by a combined score of 13 to 6.
At the other end of the spectrum the Philadelphia Phillies entered this series immediately after a 4-game set with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Also, the Philadelphia Phillies have not had an off day in a span of two weeks (May 9th was last day the Philadelphia Phillies were not in action). Even with that the Philadelphia Phillies have already taken the first two games of the series and ended up dominating in the 7-2 win Saturday!
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The Philadelphia Phillies are starting Zach Eflin in Game 3 of this 3-game set. The young right-hander has a 3.18 ERA on the road this season. Overall, 6 of the last 9 starts for Zach Eflin have been quality outings in which he has gone 6 or more innings and allowed 3 or less earned runs.
The Milwaukee Brewers are are expected to start Brandon Woodruff in this match-up. The Milwaukee Brewers Brandon Woodruff walked 5 Phillies in just 6 innings when he faced Philadelphia earlier this month. He is likely to be outpitched by Zach Eflin in this match-up as the Philadelphia Phillies also currently have the much hotter bats!
Recent Betting Trends:
Philadelphia is 8-2 in last 10 games
Phillies O/U is 5-2 last 7 games
Philadelphia is 2-4 in Zach Eflin's road starts this season
Milwaukee is 8-2 in Brandon Woodruff's starts this season
Brewers O/U is 4-2 this season in Brandon Woodruff's home starts
Milwaukee is 2-5 in last 7 games
Free Betting Pick: Philadelphia +150
With consideration to all of the above factors, the road team holds the edges in this one and the best bet (value) is to take the big underdog road team based on a projected final score of Philadelphia Phillies 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4