Alex Verdugo has 99 hits, and will try to notch his 100th when the Boston Red Sox (50-51) square off against the Milwaukee Brewers (56-44) on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
The Red Sox (-110 moneyline odds to win) and the Brewers (-109) will play in an expected close contest. The Red Sox will start Nick Pivetta (8-7) against the Brewers and Eric Lauer (6-3). The matchup has an over/under set at 10 total runs.
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Red Sox vs. Brewers Last 10 Games Betting Performance
Red Sox
- Boston was the moneyline favorite for three of its last 10 games, and finished 1-2 in those matchups.
- In their last 10 outings (all 10 of them had set totals), the Red Sox and their opponents combined to go over the run total six times.
- Boston’s ATS record is 2-8-0 over its past 10 games.
Brewers
- Over the past 10 games, Milwaukee has been the underdog twice and lost both contests.
- The Brewers and their opponents have combined to hit the over seven times in their last 10 games with a total.
- Milwaukee has a record of 4-6-0 ATS over its last 10 games.
Red Sox vs. Brewers Starting Pitcher Betting Trends
Projected starter: Nick Pivetta
- The Red Sox have a 12-8-0 record against the spread in Pivetta’s starts.
- The Red Sox have been the moneyline favorite in nine of Pivetta’s starts this season, and they went 6-3 in those matchups.
- In Pivetta’s 20 starts, his team is 11-9.
- Pivetta has started 20 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season. The teams have combined to go over the run total in 11 of them.
Projected starter: Eric Lauer
- Lauer and his team have a record of 9-9-0 against the spread when he starts.
- His team has been victorious in 75% of the games he’s started as the moneyline underdog with a record of 3-1.
- Lauer’s team is 11-7 when he starts this season.
- Out of Lauer’s 18 starts with a total this season, nine have hit the over.
Red Sox Batting Leaders
- Xander Bogaerts is hitting .315 with 27 doubles, eight home runs and 39 walks.
- Bogaerts ranks 146th in home runs and 81st in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Verdugo is batting .270 with 21 doubles, six home runs and 22 walks.
- Verdugo currently ranks 192nd in homers and 43rd in RBI in the majors.
- Verdugo has hit safely in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with two doubles and two RBI.
- J.D. Martinez is hitting .289 with 30 doubles, nine home runs and 32 walks.
- Christian Vazquez is batting .280 with 19 doubles, eight home runs and 17 walks.
Brewers Batting Leaders
- Rowdy Tellez is batting .228 this season with a team-high 20 home runs and 64 RBI.
- In all of MLB, Tellez ranks 19th in homers and 13th in RBI.
- Christian Yelich leads Milwaukee in batting with a .257 average while slugging eight homers and driving in 35 runs.
- Yelich is 146th among batters in MLB in homers, and 137th in RBI.
- Yelich has hit safely in eight straight games. In his last 10 games he is hitting .316 with four doubles, a triple, 10 walks and four RBI.
- Willy Adames’ 20 home runs lead all Milwaukee hitters, and he’s slugging .463.
- Adames heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with two walks and three RBI.
- Andrew McCutchen is batting .254 with an OBP of .320 and a slugging percentage of .388 this season.
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