Milwaukee BrewersvsAtlanta Braves
MIL 3/ATL 4
The Milwaukee Brewers roll into Truist Park tonight to take on the Atlanta Braves in what looks like one of the better games on the Saturday slate — two genuine contenders, with Atlanta sitting at 47-27 and Milwaukee right behind them at 45-28, so neither club is messing around this late in June. Vegas has the Braves favored at minus-131 on the money line, and the over/under is sitting at a tidy seven, which tells you the books are expecting some pitching rather than a slugfest — keep an eye on whether either bullpen holds or if the manager goes to the pen too early and it blows up in the late innings.
Both lineups have legitimate pop in the heart of the order and the kind of depth that makes it hard to steal a series on the road. Bold call: the Brewers steal this one, their starter goes seven strong, Atlanta's bats go cold against that Milwaukee pitching staff, and it ends something like 3-1 — the Braves are good, but Milwaukee's been sneaky dangerous all year.