The Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves continue their three-game series at Truist Park in Atlanta on Saturday night. Friday’s opener has been excluded from the analysis, and the Brewers met the Braves for the first time since their encounter in the 2021 NLDS. Atlanta is a small home fave for the middle contest of this series, so let’s see what’s the best Brewers vs Braves betting pick for Saturday.
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Brewers vs Braves FanDuel Betting Pick
This game will be played at Truist Park at 7:20 PM ET on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
Why Bet The Braves:
✅ Max Fried will take the mound for the Braves, and the 28-year-old lefty is 2-1 with a sharp 2.57 ERA in three career starts against Milwaukee in the regular season. Fried fanned nine across six scoreless innings in a 3-0 victory over the Brewers in Game 2 of their 2021 NLDS. The current Brewers are slashing only .213/.291/.296 in 45 at-bats against him. Max is 3-2 with a 3.00 ERA and 0.87 WHIP in five starts (30 innings) this season.
✅ Corbin Burnes will get the ball for the Brewers, and the reigning Cy Young Award champ is 1-1 with a shiny 1.93 ERA and 0.73 WHIP in five starts (32.2 innings) in 2022. However, the current Braves are hitting very well against Burnes. They own an excellent .290/.438/.618 slash line with four home runs in 30 at-bats against the Brewers’ righty. Dansby Swanson is 4-for-5 with a couple of dingers.
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✅ The Brewers have scored 43 runs over their last five contests prior to the opening clash of this set. They’ve smacked a whopping 14 home runs while slashing .294/.384/.600. Still, 28 of those 43 runs have come across two games against the Cincinnati Reds whose pitching staff has been a complete disaster so far this season. The Brewers will have a much taller task in this matchup. The Braves’ bullpen has recorded a sparkly 0.82 ERA and 2.69 FIP in the last seven days.
Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers came into the Braves’ series riding a three-game winning streak. They swept a three-game series against the hapless Reds, outscoring Cincinnati 34-12 in the process. After an 18-4 victory in the middle contest, Milwaukee beat Cincy 10-5 in the closer last Thursday to improve to 18-8 on the season.
Milwaukee’s bullpen continues to impress, posting a 0.98 ERA and 1.57 FIP over the last seven days. Josh Hader has already accounted for ten saves.
Atlanta Braves
The Braves hammered the Mets 9-2 last Wednesday to split a four-game series at Citi Field in New York and improve to 12-15 on the season. Ian Anderson tossed 5.1 frames of a one-run ball and took a win, as his teammates scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Atlanta has scored only 22 runs in its previous six outings. The Braves have registered an awful .199/.263/.296 triple-slash in that span.