Day: September 14, 2023

Miami Marlins VS Milwaukee Brewers conclude their four-game series in Milwaukee this afternoon. The series has serious implications for the playoff, as Miami wants to stay in the race for a wildcard spot in the National League. Milwaukee is hoping to wrap up the NL Central Division crown.

The pitching game today will feature Marlins’ right Eury Perez (5-4, 2.90) facing Brewers’ righty Adrian Houser (5-4, 4.58). First pitch is scheduled for 2:10 PM EST.

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Predictions And Betting Preview For Milwaukee Brewers VS Miami Marlins MLB Regular Season

• Venue: American Family Field, 1 Brewers Way, Milwaukee.
• When: Thursday, September 14th, 2023
• Time: 19:10 GMT
• Teams to play: Brewers and Marlins. 
• MLB Expert Picks: MONEYLINE 1.965.

Odds by 1XBet and BetMGM.

Betting On The Milwaukee Brewers

• 1XBet Spread: +1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 1.965
• 1XBet Over/Under: Over 8.5
• BetMGM Spread: +1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 1.95
• BetMGM Over/Under: Under 8

Milwaukee Brewers are close to clinching the NL Central Divison crown with a four-game lead over the Cubs with 19 games left entering Wednesday night’s action. The Brewers have gotten remarkable pitching in the last month and their lineup has given enough offense to help them win five of out of their last seven games. 

In Wednesday’s game against Miami, Milwaukee’s bats lost power in a 2-0 loss to the Marlins. With the defeat, the Brewers remain four games ahead of Chicago for the division lead and five games ahead of them in the loss column.

Adrian Houser will close out the series with Miami. He is 5-4 on the season in 19 appearances, including 17 starts. Houser has allowed 106 hits in 90.1 innings pitched and his ERA is 4.58. His  K/9 rate is 7.7 while his WHIP is 1.48. Houser is 2-1 at home this season with an ERA of 4.79 in nine games plus eight starts. In his last five appearances, all starts, he has gone 2-0 with an ERA of 5.01 which permitted 24 hits in 23.1 innings pitched and striking out 25 batters.

Betting On The Miami Marlins

• 1XBet Spread: -1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 1.975
• 1XBet Over/Under: Under 8.5
• BetMGM Spread: -1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 1.87
• BetMGM Over/Under: Over 8

The Miami Marlins are still on the hunt for one of the last two wildcard spots in the National League with 16 games to go in the season. They have a brutal schedule over the last two weeks with games against the NL west-leading Dodgers, the NL wildcard-leading Phillies, and now this four-game series with the NL central-leading Brewers. 

Entering into Wednesday night’s game with Milwaukee, Miami is 4-4 in this stretch. That night, starter Braxton Garett secured his ninth victory while throwing six shutout innings as part of the Marlins 2-0 victory. The Marlins are still a 1/1 game out of the final wildcard spot in the National League.

Eury Perez will pitch for them in today’s series finale. Perez is 5-4 on the season in 17 starts including six quality starts. He has permitted 64 hits in 83.2 innings pitched with an ERA of 2.90. Perez’s K/9 rate is 10.6 and his WHIP is 1.10. For away matches, he is 2-3 in nine starts with an ERA of 4.17. He has conceded 36 hits in 41 innings and has 44 strikeouts in that span. Over his last 5 games, Perez is 0-0 with a 3.16 ERA. He has sent out batters in 25.2 innings pitched.

MatchPlug Prediction For Milwaukee Brewers VS Miami Marlins 

The Miami Marlins are favoured in this pitching game of two 5-4 pitchers. Perez has a powerful strong hit-to-innings pitched ratio this season while House has stormed the bases with runners in his 19 starts this season. Miami has struggled with scoring this year but will get the best chance this afternoon against Houser. 

Marlins’ starter Perez isn’t just good at keeping runners off base but he has an outstanding K/9 of over 10 heading into this game. The Brewers too are hitting only .235 during the day this season.

Prediction: Milwaukee Brewers Moneyline. 

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Boston Red Sox VS New York Yankees battle it out in another make-up match for their ongoing series. They were supposed to play on Monday Night and instead ended up playing a doubleheader on Thursday. 

New York swept both matches to tie Boston at 73-72, but Wednesday’s game was rained out. The Yankees won the first game 3-2 and the second game 4-1.

So, both sides will play a doubleheader today and this is the coverage for the first game happening at Fenway Park. The proposed starters for Game 1 are Michael King (4-5. 2.92 ERA) for New York and Tanner Houck (4-9, 5.28 ERA) for Boston.

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Predictions And Betting Preview For Boston Red Sox VS New York Yankees MLB Regular Season

• Venue: Fenway Park, New York City, New York.
• When: Thursday, September 14th, 2023
• Time: 18:35 GMT
• Teams to play: Red Sox and Yankees. 
• MLB Expert Picks: MONEYLINE 1.82.

Odds by 1XBet and BetMGM.

Betting On The Boston Red Sox

• 1XBet Spread: +1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 1.82
• 1XBet Over/Under: Over 9.5
• BetMGM Spread: -1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 1.83
• BetMGM Over/Under: Under 9.

The Boston Red Sox should sweep this series or at least win three games to have a shot. They and New York are trailing 7.5 games behind Seattle for the last playoff spot. Tuesday was bad, particularly for the lineup, where the Red Sox went 0-for-19 with players in scoring position and had only 13 hits and three runs in two games.

At this rate, Boston may have to allow younger players to get in on the action and they did so in Game 2 when rookie OF/SS Ceddanne Rafaela hit his first career homer.

In Game 1, Boston will send right-hander Tanner Houck to the mound. Houck has made only four starts since being absent for two months due to a facial fracture from a line drive against the Yankees. In his last start against the Orioles, he allowed five runs in 5.1 innings on Friday. Houck has started six games and played in 11 against the Yankees in his career, going 2.39 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 37.2 innings.

Betting On The New York Yankees

• 1XBet Spread: -1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 2.01
• 1XBet Over/Under: Under 9.5
• BetMGM Spread: +1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 2.00
• BetMGM Over/Under: Over 9.

The numbers game indicates that the New York Yankees are done. They’ve won three consecutive games, but they are 7.5 games behind the final wild-card spot, which is the Mariners at 81-65 with 17 matches to go. To the Yankees, they could have just given up. But by sweeping Tuesday’s doubleheader, that was the first time at Fenway Park in 17 years.

New York is short of a dominant starter besides Gerrit Cole, so they rely on a bullpen that has a 3.10 ERA. Michael King is one of those pitchers, who just wants to go five innings and allow the bullpen do the rest. He’s permitted two runs in his last two starts and struck out 13 in 10 innings. King allowed only two runs over his last four starts and before then, was coming out of the bullpen.

MatchPlug Prediction For Boston Red Sox VS New York Yankees 

Despite the Red Sox owning the series this year, the Yankees are playing way better baseball, winning 11 of their last 15 games. They accomplished this feat by pitching excellently and having a supportive bullpen. King did a nice job when asked to start. Overall, he is 2-2 with a 2.06 ERA on the road and is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA over his last 3 games. Meanwhile, Houck is 3-5 with a 5.09 ERA during the day and is 2-4 with a 5.76 ERA at home.

Prediction: Boston Red Sox Monyeline.

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Arizona Diamondbacks VS New York Mets will conclude their four-game series on Thursday at Citi Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. ET.

The Diamondbacks (76-70 SU and 77-69 RL) will start right-hander Merrill Kelly. Kelly is 11-6 with a 3.16 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP in 26 outings (154.0 IP) this year. 

New York (66-78 SU and 62-82 RL) will counter with righty Kodai Senga. Senga conan’s wheel is 10-7 with a 3.07 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in 26 starts (149.1 IP).

The Mets are the moneyline favourites and the game total is eight runs.

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Predictions And Betting Preview For New York Mets VS Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Regular Season

• Venue: Citi Field, New York City, New York.
• When: Thursday, September 14th, 2023
• Time: 21:10 GMT
• Teams to play: Mets and Diamondbacks. 
• MLB Expert Picks: MONEYLINE 1.896.

Odds by 1XBet and BetMGM.

Betting On The New York Mets

• 1XBet Spread: +1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 1.896
• 1XBet Over/Under: Over 7.5
• BetMGM Spread: -1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 1.83
• BetMGM Over/Under: Under 7

The New York Mets won’t be in the postseason in 2023 but are already making big plans with the newly hired president of baseball operations David Stearns. A native of New York and a Mets fan, Stearns helped the Brewers secure multiple division titles. Will he deliver more hardware to Queens?

New York averages 4.36 runs (20th) and hit .238 (26thO with a .725 OPS (18th). The team has hit 192 long balls (12th) and stole 106 bases (15th) in 2023. The NY pitching staff compiled a 4.43 ERA (19th) and a 1.38 WHIP (21st) with 50 quality starts (14th).

Senga will start for the Mets today in Queens. In his last appearance, he held Minnesota to two runs in six innings, but he played better in past start, fanning 12 Mariners in seven frames. He hasn’t conceded over three runs since late June and is 5-3 with a 2.52 ERA in 14 home starts this season.

Betting On The Arizona Diamondbacks

• 1XBet Spread: -1.5
• 1XBet Moneyline: 2.05
• 1XBet Over/Under: Under 7.5
• BetMGM Spread: +1.5
• BetMGM Moneyline: 2.00
• BetMGM Over/Under: Over 7

The Arizona Diamondbacks won their last two series, taking five of seven games from Colorado and Chicago. Will he be able to hold off Cincinnati and San Francisco in the NL Wild Card chase?

Arizona scored 4.64 per game (13th) and hit .252 (14th) with a .739 OPS (16th). They’ve hit 157 long balls (20th) and stole 148 bases (3rd) this season. The Diamondback’s pitching staff combine for a 4.57 ERA (21st) and a 1.33 WHIP (19th) with 53 quality starts (12th).

Kelly will take the mound for the visitors in tonight’s series finale. He is 7-3 with a 3.53 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP in 13 road starts this season. In his two outings this September, he has permitted two total runs in 12.2 combined innings vs. the Rockies and Cubs. Besides a poor outing against the Dodgers on August 30th (seven runs and 12 hits), he’s been reliable, holding nine of his last ten opponents to three or fewer runs.

MatchPlug Prediction For New York Mets VS Arizona Diamondbacks  

Merrill Kelly has not pitched on the road the same way he did at home this season. Opponents hit .262 against him in road starts, compared to .186 at home, with 21 more hits in six fewer innings pitched. He also struck out fewer batters away from the friendly confines of Chase Field.

In Kelly’s last start on the road, he only conceded one run but walked five batters and fanned only five hitters. At home against the Rockies two starts ago, he had 12 strikeouts in seven innings. At Dodger Stadium on August 29, he put 15 runners on base and conceded seven innings. At Dodger Stadium on August 29, he put 15 runners on base and conceded seven runs. He also held Cincinnati scoreless with one hit and 12 Ks in seven innings at home. Lesser non-contact outs and more runners on base often lead to more runs.

Senga, on the other hand, has dominated Citi Field, holding the opposition to a .186 batting average with 106 strikeouts in 82 innings. He has a 2.52 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 14 home starts, with 22 combined Ks in his last two outings in Queens, the Diamondbacks, who do not hit well on the road (.245 BA and .318 OBP), will fall to him next.

Prediction: New York Mets Moneyline.

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