MLB Betting: Astros vs. Brewers Odds & Predictions: April 26th 2009

Houston Astros vs. Milwaukee Brewers
Free Pick: Milwaukee Brewers (-120)
Sun April 26th 2009 2:05p - MLB Odds
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The Milwaukee Brewers are heating up having won four straight games, and we look for them to finish off the three-game road sweep of the lowly Houston Astros today.

Now each starting pitchers today has gotten off to a slow start, but we feel that Manny Parra of Milwaukee has more ability at this time and is the more likely of the two to turn things around soon. After all, Parr did allow three runs or less in three of his last four starts vs. the Astros last season, and that was vs. a better-hitting Houston team than this one, which is averaging just 3.50 runs per game with a modest .250 team batting average.

While Parra has some upside, Russ Ortiz of the Astros is at the tail end of his career, and we do not see him turning thing around soon. In fact, Ortiz is lucky to own a 1-0 record right now, given his 5.93 ERA and awful 1.76 WHIP. He was all over the place in his last start on Tuesday vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers, when he allowed only three hits but walked five batters while laboring through 116 pitches in only five innings.

That is a lot of pitches for this early in the year, and given that Ortiz has limited ability to begin with, we really look for Milwaukee to light him up today.

MLB Free Pick: Brewers -120