Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros MLB Betting: At SBGglobal.com, the Milwaukee Brewers are -170 betting odds frontrunners to win this afternoon affair against the Houston Astros (+150). Even though both of these clubs are playing well, the Brewers are the ones right in the thick of things in the playoff picture. Going into this afternoon's game 3, the Brewers remain atop the NL Wild Card.

With a loss last night, Milwaukee (72-55) now remains 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs (77-48) in the heated race for the National League Central title.

By the looks of it though, it's going to be very difficult to catch the Cubbies, because they dont loose too many games. Nevertheless, Milwaukee continues to lead the Wild Card by 2½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals.

For the Brew Crew, ever since the acquisition of (whom has now become) arguably the best pitcher in the NL CC Sabathia, don’t seem to loose many games, as they are playing at a very high level right now.

In their last 10 games played, the Brewers are 6-4,as they continue to be one of the most consistent teams in the NL at home (37-24)and on the road (35-31).

Meanwhile, Houston is also playing very well right now. Despite being 13.5 games out of first in the NL Central, they have won 7 of their last 10 games played. The Astros bats came alive last night, after falling behind to the Brewers. The final score ended up being 5-2 in favor of the Stros.

This afternoon, Houston is hoping to get a quality start from LHP Wandy Rodriguez. Making his 20th start of the season, Rodriguez has a record of 7-5, 4.15 ERA. His counterpart in this matinee will be another lefty, Manny Parra. Parra will be making his 25 start of the season, as he had registered 9-6, and a 4.12 ERA. The OVER/UNDER in this Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros MLB Betting is 9 total runs.

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