The Milwaukee Brewers (50-30) and the Cincinnati Reds (39-42) square off for NL Central play on Monday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Brewers are moneyline favorites (-154) against the underdog Reds (+129). Robert Gasser takes the mound first for Milwaukee, and Nick Lodolo is Cincinnati’s pick to start.

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Brewers vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Brewers (-154)
• Underdog: Reds (+129)
• Over/under: 8

Brewers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Brewers betting info

• The Brewers are 36-18 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 66.7% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -154 or shorter, Milwaukee has a record of 18-9 (66.7%).
• The Brewers have an implied moneyline win probability of 60.6% in this matchup.
• Milwaukee has played in 80 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 36 times (36-41-3).
• The Brewers have gone 45-35-0 ATS this season.

Brewers hitting info

• William Contreras leads the Brewers in runs batted in (50) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .302.
• Contreras ranks 103rd in homers and 21st in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Brice Turang has 16 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 49 walks while hitting .254.
• Turang ranks 76th in homers and 31st in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Jake Bauers has launched a team-high 14 home runs.
• Jackson Chourio is hitting .298 with 14 doubles, 11 home runs and 14 walks.
• Chourio takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .273 with two doubles, a home run and an RBI.

Brewers pitching rankings

• The Brewers pitching staff leads the majors with a collective 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Milwaukee’s 3.42 team ERA ranks second among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Brewers have the third-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.187).
• Brewers pitchers combine to give up the second-fewest home runs in baseball (77 total, 1.0 per game).
• Milwaukee lost to the Cubs 8-2 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have entered the game as underdogs 54 times this season and won 24, or 44.4%, of those games.
• Cincinnati is 4-8 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +129 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Reds, based on the moneyline, is 43.7%.
• Cincinnati’s games have gone over the total in 48 of its 81 chances.
• The Reds are 46-35-0 against the spread in their 81 chances this season.

Reds hitting info

• Sal Stewart is batting .252 this season with a team-high 15 home runs and 56 RBI.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Stewart ranks 33rd in home runs and eighth in RBI.
• Stewart takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a double, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
• Spencer Steer is batting .242 with an OBP of .319 and a slugging percentage of .429 this season.
• Steer ranks 51st in home runs and 102nd in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Steer has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with a home run and three RBIs.
• Elly De La Cruz leads Cincinnati with a .268 batting average while slugging 12 homers and driving in 38 runs.
• JJ Bleday is batting .240 with an OBP of .348 and a slugging percentage of .510 this season.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
• Cincinnati has pitched to a 4.52 ERA this season, which ranks 23rd in baseball.
• The Reds have a combined 1.449 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
• With 110 homers allowed, the Reds rank 25th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Cincinnati pitchers struck out 12 Pirates batters while allowing 11 hits in a 9-7 win last time out.