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Here’s our best bets for the action ahead:
Arizona Diamondbacks @ Milwaukee Brewers
The Diamondbacks offence is still missing and it won’t get easier to find it as they continue this long road trip. Arizona wills tart their series with Milwaukee with both sides sending their ace pitchers to the mound. Milwaukee’s Chase Anderson makes his return to the rotation and will hope to continue his dominance over the D’backs as a result. The 30-year-old is 2-1 with a 1.88 ERA in four career outings against Arizona and will hope to return to the form he showed prior to sitting out the last couple weeks with illness. The visitors are averaging just 3.83 runs per game so far this year and have failed to score more than four runs in their last 10 straight games. Their recent home series with the Brewers saw them average just 2.0 runs per game and we don’t see them managing much more in this series. Zack Greinke has allowed less than two runs in five of his nine starts this season, including a quality start against the Brewers in that previous series where the team emerged 2-1 winners. Our data shows this one finishing up at a combined 6.7 runs and we feel that this total is slightly above where it should be.
Tip: Under 8.5 runs @ $1.86 (Unibet)
Kansas City Royals @ St Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals will look to get back to their best when they host an out-of-sorts Royals outfit at Busch Stadium. Teams are having no problem breaking out the bats against Kansas City recently, with the Royals allowing five or more runs in 10 of their last 12 games. The Cardinals will hope to do just that when they take on Ian Kennedy who is winless in his last seven starts. The 33-year-old is 1-4 with a 4.98 ERA on the year, and those numbers look even worse when comparing them to his career record against St Louis. Kennedy is 3-6 with a 7.41 ERA in nine starts against his opponents in this one. Meanwhile, Miles Mikolas remains unbeaten on the season despite coming off a less than stellar performance by his standards. In his four appearances at home, he is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA. We’re expecting him to keep the Royals hitters in check and we’re happy to back St Louis to cover the run line here given they’re allowing 6.43 runs per game on the road this season. KC is also 17-29 against the run line this season – one of the worst records in the majors, which is largely thanks to inconsistent hitting and a horrible bullpen.
Tip: St Louis Cardinals -1.5 @ $2.02 (Unibet)