At Great American Ball Park on Saturday, the Milwaukee Brewers (four straight victories) meet the Cincinnati Reds at 7:15 p.m. ET.
The Reds are an underdog (+104 on the moneyline) when they square off against the Brewers (-124). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Milwaukee Brewers looking to Frankie Montas (6-9), and Fernando Cruz (3-8) taking the ball for the Cincinnati Reds.
Yesterday, the Brewers picked up a 14-0 victory over the Reds, with D.L. Hall (7.0 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 5 K) earning the win for the Brewers. Garrett Mitchell went 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run and an RBI to lead the offensive attack. Rhett Lowder (4.0 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 6 K) was handed the loss for the Reds.
Here is what you need to prepare for Saturday’s Brewers vs. Reds contest, including viewing options.
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 3:16 p.m. ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Brewers (-124, bet $124 to win $100)
- Underdog: Reds (+104, bet $100 to win $104)
- Over/under: 9
Brewers vs. Reds: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Saturday, August 31, 2024
- Game Time: 7:15 p.m. ET
- Stadium: Great American Ball Park
- TV Channel: MLB.tv
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Brewers stats and trends
Brewers betting records
- The Brewers have won 45, or 60%, of the 75 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- Milwaukee has a record of 35-19, a 64.8% win rate, when favored by -124 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The implied probability of a win from the Brewers, based on the moneyline, is 55.4%.
- Milwaukee’s games have gone over the total in 72 of its 135 chances.
- The Brewers are 72-62-0 against the spread in their 134 chances this season.
Frankie Montás (Brewers probable starter)
- Montas makes the start for the Brewers, his 25th of the season. He is 6-9 with a 4.64 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 120 1/3 innings pitched.
- His last time out came on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, when the righty threw six innings, surrendering four earned runs while giving up five hits.
- The 31-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.64, with 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings, in 24 games this season. Opponents are hitting .247 against him.
- Montas enters this matchup with seven quality starts under his belt this season.
- Montas will aim to go five or more innings for his fourth straight start. He’s averaging five frames per outing.
- In five of his appearances this season he did not surrender an earned run.
- The opposing Reds offense has a collective .232 batting average, and is 26th in the league with 1038 total hits and 14th in MLB action with 608 runs scored. It has the 15th-ranked slugging percentage (.399) and ranks 12th in home runs (158) in all of MLB.
Brewers batting stats
- The Brewers’ 148 home runs rank 18th in Major League Baseball.
- Fueled by 382 extra-base hits, Milwaukee ranks 13th in MLB with a .409 slugging percentage this season.
- The Brewers’ .254 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking seventh in MLB.
- Milwaukee has scored 660 runs this season, which ranks fifth in MLB.
- The Brewers are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking third with an OBP of .333.
- Milwaukee ranks 20th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.8 whiffs per contest.
Reds stats and trends
Reds betting records
- The Reds have been victorious in 30, or 43.5%, of the 69 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, Cincinnati has come away with a win 22 times in 52 chances when named as an underdog of at least +104 or longer on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Reds have a 49% chance of walking away with the win.
- Cincinnati and its opponents have hit the over in 64 of its 135 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
- The Reds are 71-63-0 against the spread in their 134 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.
Fernando Cruz (Reds probable starter)
- Cruz (3-8) makes the start for the Reds, his second of the season.
- The righty last pitched on Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics, when he tossed three innings, allowing one earned run while giving up two hits.
- In 62 games this season, he has put up a 5.17 ERA and averages 13.7 strikeouts per nine innings while opposing batters are hitting .225 against him.
- The opposing Brewers offense has a collective .254 batting average, and is eighth in the league with 1161 total hits and fifth in MLB action with 660 runs scored. They have the 13th-ranked slugging percentage (.409) and are 18th in all of MLB with 148 home runs.
- Head-to-head against the Brewers this season, Cruz has pitched three innings without giving up an earned run on two hits, while striking out five.
Reds batting stats
- The Reds average 1.2 home runs per game to rank 12th in MLB action with 158 total home runs.
- So far this year, Cincinnati is 15th in baseball with a .399 slugging percentage.
- The Reds are 26th in MLB with a .232 batting average.
- Cincinnati scores the 14th-most runs in baseball (608 total, 4.5 per game).
- The Reds’ .305 on-base percentage ranks 21st in baseball.