The Milwaukee Brewers can complete a series sweep of the Florida Marlins tonight when they finish off a four-game set with the Marlins at Sun Life Stadium.
Zack Greinke (4-1, 5.29) gets the start for the Brewers and Javier Vazquez (3-4, 6.02) is on tap for the Marlins. Greinke earned a win over cincinnati last time out after allowing two runs on six hits in six innings. Vazquez gave up four runs on six hits in six innings in a no decision against Arizona in last start.
View Milwaukee vs Florida Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
The Brewers were listed as 110 favorites on the baseball moneyline at many online sportsbooks. The total was set at 8.5 before betting started earlier on Monday.
Power Rankings:
According to new MLB Power Rankings here, it's the National League No. 5-ranked Marlins and the National League No. 6-rated Brewers in this matchup.
How They Match Up:
Rating these teams in several key categories is important for handicappers and Florida has the National League's No. 7-rated offensive output, at 8.5 hits per game. The Brewers average 8.6 hits per game, good for No. 6 on the National League list.
Defensively, Milwaukee features the National League's No. 7-rated defense on the road, allowing 3.9 runs per game. Florida, meanwhile, comes in at No. 9 in the National League at home, scoring 4.1 runs per game.
The Brewers were a 6-5 Sportsbook in their most recent outing on the road against the Marlins. That made Sportsbooks of bettors who got Milwaukee at +121 on the moneyline, while the total score (11) was good news for OVER bettors. Milwaukee needed extra innings to get the job done against the Marlins on Sunday as the Brewers defeated them 6-5 at Sun Life Stadium.
Milwaukee Brewers Trends:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing NY Mets are 8-2
After playing Florida are 5-5
After a win are 7-3
Florida Marlins Trends:
When playing on Monday are 2-8
Before playing Atlanta are 3-7
After playing Milwaukee are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5
A few Brewers at Marlins trends to consider:
Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Florida
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Florida
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida's last 11 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Florida's last 7 games
Florida is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 6 games when playing Milwaukee
Next up:
Milwaukee home to NY Mets, Tuesday, June 7
Florida home to Atlanta, Tuesday, June 7
