Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 1 (7/1): MLB

Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, Pick and Preview, July 1 (7/1): MLB

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Odds
Time 6:40 pm. EST
Braves money line -238
Braves run line -2.5 (+100)
Reds money line +233
Reds run line +1.5 (+140)
Over / under 9.5

 

Key stats
  Atlanta Braves Cincinnati Reds 
Record 44-33 26-49
Road / home record 20-16 12-23
Last 10 record 6-4 3-7
Streak L1 L2
Over / under record 40-34-3 42-31-1
Runs / game 4.70 4.38
Runs allowed / game 4.19 5.56

 

Preview

The Braves and Cincinnati Reds will play game 1 of their 3-Game series at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Friday, record is tied 2-2 between these two teams so far this season.

Atlanta Braves 

Atlanta Braves lost last game 14-4 Vs the Phillies on the Road but they sthave won the series 2-1. Braves are 7-4 straight last 11 games even though they had some tough games Vs the Phillies, Giants and Dodgers in this period. Max Fried will be on the mound and he is having a great season so far with a 2.77 ERA only and 7-2 winning record. Atlanta are 5th in runs scored and 14th in runs allowed this season.

Probable pitcher:

Max Fried (7-2, 2.77 ERA) will be on the mound for the Braves in game 1 on Friday, Fried's last start was against Los Angeles Dodgers and he went 6.2 innings allowing 2 earned runs and had 9 strikeouts in a game that ended as a 5-3 win for the Braves.

Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds are coming off a 1-2 series loss Vs the Cubs on the road which is their 4th straight losing series and now they have a 2 game losing streak after their 7-15 loss on Thursday to the Cubs. Mike Minor who has a 7.71 ERA will be on the mound for the Reds tonight and it's expected to be another loss for the Reds this season. Reds are 16th in runs scored and 28th in runs allowed this season.

Probable pitcher:

Mike Minor (1-4, 7.71 ERA) will be on the mound for the Reds in game 1 on Friday, Minor's last start was against San Francisco Giants and he went 5 innings allowing 6 earned run and had 4 strikeouts in a game that ended as a 2-9 loss for the Reds.

Betting Trends

Atlanta Braves have gone Under the total in 4 of last 6 games.

Atlanta Braves are 14-6 Straight up last 20 games.

Atlanta Braves are 11-3 straight up last 11 road games.

Cincinnati Reds have gone Over the total in 4 of last 5 games.

Cincinnati Reds are 3-10 Straight up last 13 games.

Cincinnati Reds are 0-8 straight up last 8 home games.

Prediction

Cincinnati Reds have been losing by a lot of runs this season, in the last 3 series for the Reds they have lost by an average of 6.5 runs to the Cubs, 4.5 runs to the Giants and 5 runs to the Dodgers. I like the Braves to win here by a margin too in this game as the Reds are also 0-8 straight up last 8 home games so give me the Braves run line.

PICK: Braves -2.5 (+100).

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