Brewers vs. Reds Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 15, 2024

The Cincinnati Reds (34-35) will look to Jeimer Candelario, with homers in two straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Milwaukee Brewers (40-29) Saturday at American Family Field. The Brewers are -153 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 4:10 PM ET live on BSWI. Bryse Wilson takes the mound for Milwaukee while Andrew Abbott is Cincinnati’s starter for the contest.

Here is our preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Brewers vs. Reds Betting Lines

• Favorite: Brewers (-153)
• Underdog: Reds (+129)
• Over/under: 7.5

Brewers vs. Reds Betting Insights

• The Brewers have won in 22, or 64.7%, of the 34 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• Milwaukee has a record of 8-3 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -153 or more on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Brewers have a 60.5% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Reds have been the underdog on the moneyline 37 total times this season. They’ve gone 15-22 in those games.
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +129 or longer, Cincinnati has a 4-7 record (winning only 36.4% of its games).
• The Reds have an implied moneyline win probability of 43.7% in this game.

Brewers vs. Reds Hitting Leaders

• William Contreras leads Milwaukee in batting average (.307) and runs batted in (48) this season while also slugging nine homers.
• Contreras is 59th in home runs and 10th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Willy Adames leads Milwaukee in home runs with 11 and runs batted in with 48.
• Spencer Steer has accumulated a team-best 41 runs batted in.
• In all of MLB, Steer is 94th in homers and 25th in RBI.
• Elly De La Cruz is hitting .232 with 11 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 32 walks.

Brewers vs. Reds Pitching Rankings

• The Brewers average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.0) in the league this season.
• The Brewers have the ninth-best ERA (3.77) in the majors this season.
• The Brewers have a combined WHIP of 1.250 as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in MLB.
• The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Reds pitching staff ranks 18th in the majors.
• Cincinnati has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.87).
• The Reds average baseball’s 14th-ranked WHIP (1.263).