Posted on
4/2/2008 12:51:34 PM
MLB Baseball Betting - Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs
By Mike Rose
Monday’s rain soaked battle between the ‘Brew Crew’ and the ‘Cubbies’ gave all us NL Central fans a glimpse of what’s to come throughout the rest of the 2008 MLB campaign. Both of these clubs look to be very competitive with one another, and the closely contested 4-3 Brewers win certainly didn’t disappoint, unless you’re a Cubs fan. Both Ben Sheets and Carlos Zambrano pitched brilliantly in their season debuts. Sheets went 6 1/3rd innings giving up 2 hits and no runs while striking out 7 and issuing 2 free passes. Zambrano went 6 2/3rd innings giving up 3 hits and no runs while striking out 5 Brewers and walking one. It wasn’t until the 9th inning that a run was pushed across the plate. The Brewers roughed Cubs closer Kerry Wood up pretty good, and managed to put three runs on the board. The Cubs then answered with three of their own in the bottom of the 9th when prized free agent acquisition Kosuke Fukudome belted a three-run homer to right center field off Brewers closer Eric Gagne. Wrigley Field erupted joyously after that smash, but the joy turned to disgust when the Brewers answered right back with a run in the 10th and held on for the victory.
The durable Jeff Suppan gets the starting nod for the Brewers in the second game of this three game set. Jeff went 12-12 with a 4.62 ERA last season, and was one of the Brewers main inning eaters throwing a shade under 207 total. He lost three of his final five road starts last season, and only managed one win in three starts against the Chicago Cubs.
Ted Lilly made a very nice transition to the National League last season after coming over from Toronto as a free agent. He went 15-8 overall last season with a 3.83 ERA. He churned out a K/BB ratio of 175/55 and only surrendered 181 hits in 207 innings of work. The Cubs won four of his last five home starts, but he went 1-1 with a 5.29 ERA against Milwaukee last year.
The Cubs had the upper hand over Milwaukee last season winning nine of their 15 overall meetings, but they only posted a 5-4 SU mark against the Brewers in Wrigley. Ted Lilly opened up a –140 favorite in this match-up, but the total has yet to be posted at the time of this writing. Once it does, you can be sure to get action down on this matinee game at BetUS.com.
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