William Contreras leads the Milwaukee Brewers (28-26) into Wednesday’s matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays (29-26) on a two-game homer streak. His Brewers are underdogs for the contest, however, with oddsmakers naming the Blue Jays as -163 moneyline favorites. The game starts at 7:07 PM ET from Rogers Centre, live on MLB Network.
Toronto’s Alek Manoah and Milwaukee’s Julio Teheran have been named the starters for this contest.
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Blue Jays and Brewers Betting Trends
The Blue Jays have gone 21-17 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.3% of those games).
Toronto has a 9-5 record (winning 64.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -163 or shorter.
The Brewers have won 13, or 52%, of the 25 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
Milwaukee has entered seven games this season as the underdog by +139 or more and is 3-4 in those contests.
In the 55 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for the Blue Jays, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 27 times (27-25-3).
Games involving the Brewers have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 24 of 54 chances this season.
Blue Jays Stats & Insights
The Blue Jays have the No. 11 offense in MLB action scoring 4.8 runs per game (264 total runs).
Toronto is 16th in MLB play with 62 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.
The Blue Jays are third in the majors with a .266 batting average.
Toronto strikes out 7.9 times per game to rank sixth in the majors.
The 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Blue Jays pitching staff ranks fourth in the majors.
Toronto has a 3.95 team ERA that ranks ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Brewers Stats & Insights
The Brewers have scored the 26th-most runs in the league this season with just 216 (four per game).
Milwaukee’s 64 home runs rank 11th in Major League Baseball.
The Brewers rank 24th in MLB with a .231 team batting average.
Milwaukee ranks 24th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.3 Ks per contest.
The Brewers strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
Milwaukee pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.19 ERA this year, which ranks 15th in MLB.
Blue Jays Key Players to Watch
Manoah makes the start for the Blue Jays, his 12th of the season. He is 1-5 with a 5.53 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 53 2/3 innings pitched.
Bo Bichette leads Toronto in home runs with 11, runs batted in with 38 and his batting average of .331 is also best on his team.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .291 with an OBP of .355 and a slugging percentage of .466 this season.
George Springer has 53 hits this season and a slash line of .255/.326/.389.
Matt Chapman has 58 hits and an OBP of .364 to go with a slugging percentage of .480 this season.
Brewers Key Players to Watch
The Brewers’ Teheran will make his second start of the season.
Christian Yelich is batting .251 with seven doubles, seven home runs and 23 walks.
Rowdy Tellez has hit 12 home runs to lead his team.
Brian Anderson leads the Brewers with 30 runs batted in.
Contreras is batting .253 to lead his team.
Blue Jays and Brewers Injuries
Blue Jays: Danny Jansen: 10 Day IL (Groin), Santiago Espinal: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Zach Pop: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Mitchell White: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chad Green: 60 Day IL (Undisclosed), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Brewers: Jesse Winker: 10 Day IL (Neck), Eric Lauer: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Wade Miley: 15 Day IL (Lat strain), J.B. Bukauskas: 15 Day IL (Spine), Matt Bush: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Brandon Woodruff: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Luis Urías: 60 Day IL (Hamstring), Garrett Mitchell: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jason Alexander: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Justin Wilson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Aaron Ashby: 60 Day IL (Labrum), Willy Adames: 7 Day IL (Head)
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