The Milwaukee Brewers (10-3) go for the weekend sweep against the Baltimore Orioles (8-6) Sunday with 1st pitch at Camden Yards set for 1:35 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines around the Brewers vs. Orioles odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Brewers lead 2-0
The Brewers have outscored the O’s 22-6 in the 1st 2 games of this series, and Saturday’s 11-5 win was the 6th straight game Milwaukee has scored at least 7 runs. Starter DL Hall, acquired in the Corbin Burnes trade with Baltimore, allowed 5 ER on 8 hits in 3.1 IP in a no-decision.
Orioles starter Dean Kremer allowed the most runs of his career Saturday — 8 runs (6 earned), including 2 HRs surrendered. DH Adley Rutschman, 1B Ryan Mountcastle and 3B Jordan Westburg all homered for Baltimore in the losing effort.
Brewers at Orioles projected starters
RHP Colin Rea vs. RHP Corbin Burnes
Rea (2-0, 1.64 ERA) makes his 3rd start. He has a 1.27 WHIP, 1.64 BB/9 and 4.09 K/9 in 11 IP.
- The 33-year-old struck out 8 in 5 IP with 0 ER, 3 H, 0 BB in a no-decision vs. Baltimore in a 6-3 loss last June 8
- Milwaukee went 14-8 in Rea starts last season
- Had a better road ERA (4.27 in 59.0 IP) than at home (4.80 in 65.2 IP)
Burnes (2-0, 1.93 ERA) makes his 4th start. He has a 0.75 WHIP, 0.96 BB/9 and 9.64 K/9 in 18.2 IP.
- The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner faces his former team
- Last start: Win, 7 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 K in 7-1 win on Tuesday at the Boston Red Sox
- The 29-year-old has had the best cutter in MLB according to Statcast’s run value metric every season since he started throwing it since 2020
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Brewers at Orioles odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated 8:41 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Brewers +160 (bet $100 to win $160) | Orioles -190 (bet $190 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Brewers +1.5 (-126) | Orioles -1.5 (+105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -104 | U: -118)
Brewers at Orioles picks and predictions
Prediction
Baltimore 4, Milwaukee 3
Moneyline
PASS.
The Orioles have gone 95 consecutive regular-season series without being swept and I am not expecting it to happen Sunday. However, (-190) is too much juice to bet the O’s on their own, but I certainly could make a case to include them along with Dodgers ML (-172 at home on Sunday Night Baseball vs. SD).
Run line/Against the spread
BET MILWAUKEE +1.5 (-126).
The combination of Rea’s experience vs. Baltimore along with increased velocity with his pitches since spring training should pave the way for a successful start. Only Atlanta has a higher team batting average (.299) than Milwaukee (.287), so while 7 or more runs will be difficult to attain against Burnes and the Orioles bullpen, they should be able to generate enough activity on the basepaths to keep it close.
Over/Under
BET UNDER 8.5 (-118).
Rea pitched through an illness in his last start vs. Seattle and still was effective, allowing just 1 ER in 6 IP while issuing no walks with 3 Ks. While Burnes will attract the fanfare as he should coming into the game, Rea should be able to keep up and give his team a chance.
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