MLB Baseball Betting: Cubs vs. Brewers Odds & Picks: May 8th 2009

Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers o9.0 (-125)
Fri May 8th 2009 8:05p - MLB Baseball Odds
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If not for landing on the DL, Carlos Zambrano would have toed the Miller Park rubber for the second time this season. Instead, Randy Wells will make his first big league start. Wells is pretty much an unknown commodity even though he’s appeared in four games in the past. The career minor leaguer is said chomping at the bit to prove himself in his first professional start.

David Bush has pitched exceptionally well for the Brewers thus far. Even though he sports just a 1-0 record, the righty is off to the best start in his six-year career. He’s allowed just 29 hits and 16 earned runs through 33 total innings of work, and boasts a solid K/BB ratio of 25/9. He’s played the role of a piñata against the Cubs though, going 1-7 with a 4.98 ERA in 12 overall starts; his team went 1-11 in those starts. He was robbed of a rare victory against the Cubs earlier this season when Carlos Villanueva surrendered a go-ahead two-run bomb to Alfonso Soriano in the top of the 9th of the Brewers gut-wrenching 6-5 defeat.

Both clubs offenses come into the first of this sports betting series on fire; especially Milwaukee’s. With Wells pretty much an unknown and Bush getting pounded regularly by the Cubs offense, look for tonight’s game to be of the higher scoring variety. The ‘over’ is 12-4-2 the L/18 overall meetings, and it’s a $$$-making 14-4-2 the L/18 times these clubs hooked up in Milwaukee. This rivalry has really turned into one of the best baseball has to offer. Big leads are never safe, and neither team should ever be counted out until the 27th out is rung up. Look for Miller Park’s scoreboard to get a workout Friday night!