Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction 8-18-24 MLB Picks

The Cleveland Guardians and the Milwaukee Brewers meet Sunday in MLB action from American Family Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this Game. Here’s a Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Cleveland Guardians will send out Ben Lively for the start here and Lively is 10-7 with a 3.71 ERA and 93 strikeouts this season. In his career, Lively is 0-3 with a 3.47 ERA and 16 strikeouts against Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Brewers will send out Colin Rea here and Rea is 10-4 with a 3.72 ERA and 103 strikeouts this season. This will be Rea’s first career start against Cleveland.

Cleveland Guardians Recap

The Cleveland Guardians will come out looking to salvage something from this series after falling short in Saturday’s matchup by a final score of 2-1. The series loss meant that the Guardians would be unable to build on their series sweep of the Cubs from earlier in the week.

Guardians Trying To Create Distance In AL Central

Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians with 132 hits as well as 32 home runs and 100 RBIs while Josh Naylor also has 27 home runs and 89 RBIs along with 19 doubles of his own. Ramirez has a team-high 27 doubles while Tyler Freeman has 14 doubles and Andres Gimenez has 50 RBIs with 21 stolen bases while the aforementioned Ramirez has a team-high 29 stolen bases on the year. Steven Kwan is also hitting .317 with 123 hits and 14 doubles this season.

Why the Cleveland Guardians will win

• The Guardians have won four of their last five games as road underdogs against National League opponents following a loss.
• The Brewers have lost three of their last four day games at American Family Field following a win.
• The Guardians have covered the run line in each of their last 12 games against National League opponents following a road loss.
• The Brewers have failed to cover the run line in each of their last four games as favorites following a home win.

Milwaukee Brewers Recap

The Milwaukee Brewers will be looking to complete the sweep of a fellow division leader after emerging victorious in Saturday’s matchup. The win in the series helped Milwaukee keep their series unbeaten run going after splitting with the Dodgers to start the week and winning their set against the Reds from last weekend.

Brewers Trying To Lock Up NL Central

William Contreras leads the Brewers with 134 hits including 32 doubles and 71 RBIs along with 17 home runs and a .357 OBP while Rhys Hoskins has 20 home runs with 60 RBIs and Willy Adames has 28 doubles with 22 home runs and 84 RBIs. Brice Turang leads the Brewers with 37 stolen bases while Adames has a team-high 131 strikeouts as well this season. Jackson Chourio’s added 15 homers and 53 RBIs also on the year.

Why the Milwaukee Brewers will win

• The Brewers have won each of their last nine games against American League opponents.
• The Guardians have lost nine of their last 10 day games against National League opponents that held a winning record.
• The Brewers have covered the run line in eight of their last nine games against American League opponents.
• The Guardians have failed to cover the run line in five of their last six day games against National League opponents.

Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction

I’m on the over in this one. I get the case to be made for either side, but I honestly don’t love either starting pitcher in this one and these are two solid lineups from one through nine that can do damage here. I think we finish the series with some fireworks here, so give me the over in this one.