Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, Preview and Odds - 08/27/2022

Game Time: 7:10 pm ET, Saturday, August 27, 2022

Venue:  American Family Field, Milwaukee, WI

Where to Watch:  BSWI

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Cubs +150, Brewers -175; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Cubs +150, Brewers -175; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Cubs +150, Brewers -175; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

 

Chicago Cubs:  54-71 (3rd place, NL Central)

Milwaukee Brewers:  65-58 (2nd place, NL Central)

 

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Chicago Cubs:  6-4 last 10

Milwaukee Brewers:  4-6 last 10

 

 

 

 

The Cubs lost 2 of their last 3 games and enter this game off of a loss. They won their last series against the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 in a 5-game series. They enter this game with a 54-71 record overall and have a road record of 26-33. This is the 2nd game of a 3-game series with the Brewers on Saturday with the series opener still to be played on Friday. Their offense ranks 14th in the MLB with a .704 OPS. Justin Steele is their starting pitcher on Friday while Drew Smyly is making his start in this game on Saturday. He is 5-7 with a 3.47 ERA this season. His team won 3 of their last 4 games this season with him making an appearance. In his last start, he allowed 1 ER, 1 HR, and 2 BB with 6 Ks on 4 hits through 7 IP against the St. Louis Cardinals. 

 

The Brewers enter this game on a 2 game losing streak. They lost their last series against the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in a 3-game series. They enter this game with a 65-58 record overall and have a home record of 31-24. This is the 2nd game of a 3-game series with the Cubs on Saturday with the 1st game of the series still to be played on Friday. Their offense ranks 11th in the MLB with a .724 OPS. Freddy Peralta is their starting pitcher on Friday while Brandon Woodruff is making his start in this game on Saturday. He is 9-3 with a 3.51 ERA this season. His team won their last 3 straight games this season with him making an appearance. In his last start, he allowed 2 ER, 2 HRs, and 2 BB with 5 Ks on 4 hits through 5.2 IP against the Chicago Cubs.

The current betting odds have the Cubs listed as an underdog in this game. The Cubs have been playing very well in their games recently, they just lost 3 of their 5 games with the Cardinals in their last series but the Cardinals were a lot hotter than the Brewers team here that the Cubs are about to face. The Brewers just lost their last 2 series, 1 of those coming against the Cubs last week, but their offense has not been great in these games lately. The Cubs have not been scoring a lot of runs in their games either but they have been winning a lot of their games with great pitching as they just gave the Cardinals hot offense problems in their last series, and the Brewers are not pitching well right now. They just had a day off to rest but right before that they lost 2 straight to the Dodgers and allowed over 10 runs in each game. The Cubs offense has not been great but they will score runs with the way the Brewers have been pitching recently, and with the way the Cubs are pitching right now they will not need many runs to win this game either. The best way to place a bet here is on the Cubs to win this game.

 

Cubs Brewers Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Saturday, August 27, 2022 (7:10 pm ET start time) is Cubs 3 Brewers 2.

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Chicago Cubs: 28-22 (+5.9 Units) ML after 6 consecutive games versus division rivals. 28-20 UNDER after 6 consecutive games versus division rivals. 18-10 UNDER as an underdog of +150 or more.

Milwaukee Brewers: 65-58 (-16.5 Units) ML in all games. 31-24 (-6.6 Units) ML in home games. 23-15 UNDER against left-handed starters.

 

 

Chicago Cubs:  J. Heyward (RF) out for season - Knee. M. Hermosillo (CF) Out indefinitely - Quadricep. W. Contreras (C) Ques Fri - Ankle.

Milwaukee Brewers:  M. Brosseau (3B) Mid Sept - Oblique. A. Ashby (SP) Out indefinitely - Shoulder. J. Peterson (2B) Early Sept - Elbow.

 

 

 

"It looked like it just took (Stroman) a minute to get going, and I don't think he found that rhythm out of the stretch. He was in (the stretch) a lot. They were jumping on him early in the count sometimes." - David Ross after his team’s loss against the Cardinals on Thursday.

 

 

"They made us work for every out. We had some nice defensive plays to get out of it." - Craig Counsell after his team’s win against the Dodgers on Monday.

 

 

 

Zach McKinstry (Z) 2B

Nico Hoerner (D) SS

Seiya Suzuki (D) RF

Ian Happ (A) LF

Franmil Reyes (D) DH

P.J. Higgins (D) C

Patrick Wisdom (D) 1B

Nelson Velazquez (D) CF

Christopher Morel (D) 3B

 

Christian Yelich (L) LF

Willy Adames (R) SS

Andrew McCutchen (R) DH

Hunter Renfroe (R) RF

Rowdy Tellez (L) 1B

Luis Urias (R) 3B

Victor Caratini (S) C

Kolten Wong (L) 2B

Tyrone Taylor (R) CF

 

 

Batting Average:  Franmil Reyes (.297)

Hits:  Ian Happ (123)

Home Runs:  Patrick Wisdom (22)

RBI:  Patrick Wisdom (58)

Stolen Bases:  Nico Hoerner (14)

Wins:  Keegan Thompson (9)

Saves:  David Robertson (14)

ERA:  Conner Menez (0.00)

 

Batting Average:  Pablo Reyes (.267)

Hits:  Christian Yelich (112)

Home Runs:  Rowdy Tellez (26)

RBI:  Rowdy Tellez (74)

Stolen Bases:  Christian Yelich (16)

Wins:  Brandon Woodruff (9)

Saves:  Devin Williams (8)

ERA:  Mike Brosseau (0.00)

 

Managers:

Chicago Cubs: David Ross (3rd season)

Milwaukee Brewers: Craig Counsell (8th season)