Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Phillies -150 / Brewers +130 O/U 10 runs
Time: 8:05 PM EST Sunday May 16, 2010 on ESPN
Tonight in ESPN's Sunday Night Game the Milwaukee Brewers host the Philadelphia Phillies. The Brewers have not started the season well and the main reason is that they have not been able to win at home, where they are 9 games under The defending NL champion Phillies have started right where they left off, as they lead their division and they have won the first 2 games of this series and look for the sweep tonight.
The Phillies have won 2 straight, are 8-2 in their last 10 games, and are in 1st place in the NL East 3 games ahead of the Washington Nationals. The Brewers are reeling, as they have lost 5 straight, are 4-6 in their last 10 games, and are in 4th place in the NL Central 5.5 games back of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Thos season the Brewers are 4-13 at home and the Phillies are 12-7 on the road.
In yesterday's game the Phillies beat the Brewers 10-6.
The Brewers' pitching staff has been shelled in this series giving up 19 runs in the first 2 games of the series. In the Brewers 5-game losing streak they have given up an average of 8.6 runs per game.
In Game 2 yesterday the Phillies had a season-high 17 hits.
Taking the mound tonight for the struggling Brewers is Doug Davis (1-4 7.56 ERA), who in his last outing gave up 3 earned runs in 5 innings in a loss. On the hill tonight for the Phillies is Cole Hamels (3-2 4.53 ERA), who also gave up 3 runs in 5 innings in his last outing, but got the win.
Hamels is 2-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 6 career starts against the Brewers.
Davis has really had troubles keeping opponents off base this season, as they have an on base percentage of .418.
The Phillies are 5-2 in Hamels' last 7 starts and Milwaukee is 1-4 in Davis' last 5 starts against teams from the National League East.
The Phillies have been winning with pitching and hitting, as they have given up the 3rd fewest runs in the NL and have scored the 2nd most runs in the NL. The only team that has scored more runs this season is the Brewers.
Betting Trends
Philadelphia is 4-1 in their last 5 road games, 7-3 in their last 10 road games against teams with a losing record, and has an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 road games.
Milwaukee is 1-4 in their last 5 games as an underdog, 1-4 in their last 5 games against left-handed starters, and has an Over record of 8-2 in their last 10 home games against teams with a winning road record.
The last 6 games between these 2 teams in Milwaukee has gone Over.
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