Tyler Stephenson leads the Cincinnati Reds (80-78) into a contest against the Milwaukee Brewers (96-63) after he racked up four hits in a 4-3 loss to the Pirates. The Brewers are favorites (-164) against the Reds (+138) in this outing, which begins at 8:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Milwaukee’s Quinn Priester starts against Cincinnati’s Zack Littell.

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Brewers vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Brewers (-164)
• Underdog: Reds (+138)
• Over/under: 7.5

Brewers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Brewers betting info

• The Brewers have been the moneyline favorite 94 total times this season. They’ve finished 59-35 in those games.
• Milwaukee has gone 19-6 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -164 or shorter (76% winning percentage).
• The Brewers have a 62.1% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Milwaukee has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 76 times this season for a 76-77-6 record against the over/under.
• The Brewers are 88-71-0 against the spread this season.

Brewers hitting info

• Brice Turang is hitting .287 with 26 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 63 walks.
• Turang ranks 103rd in homers and 55th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• William Contreras is hitting .262 with 28 doubles, 17 home runs and 84 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, Contreras ranks 110th in homers and 61st in RBI.
• Christian Yelich has racked up a team-high 29 home runs and 102 runs batted in.
• Yelich heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .167 with three walks and two RBIs.
• Sal Frelick is hitting .291 to pace his team.
• Frelick enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .174 with a double, a home run and two RBIs.

Brewers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Brewers has a collective 8.9 K/9, the fifth-best in MLB.
• Milwaukee’s 3.62 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Brewers combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.229).
• Brewers pitchers combine to allow the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (165 total, 1.0 per game).
• Milwaukee took down the Padres 3-1 in its last game with 13 strikeouts while allowing six hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have entered the game as underdogs 83 times this season and won 41, or 49.4%, of those games.
• Cincinnati has entered 21 games this season as the underdog by +138 or more and is 9-12 in those contests.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Reds have a 42% chance to win.
• So far this season, Cincinnati and its opponents have hit the over in 58 of its 155 games with a total.
• In 155 games with a spread this season, the Reds are 79-76-0 ATS.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz leads Cincinnati in batting average (.266), home runs (21) and runs batted in (85) this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, De La Cruz ranks 67th in home runs and 32nd in RBI.
• De La Cruz heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .438 with a double, two home runs, four walks and three RBIs.
• TJ Friedl is batting .257 with an OBP of .360 and a slugging percentage of .369 this season.
• Friedl ranks 157th among batters in the big leagues in home runs, and 171st in RBI.
• Friedl enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Spencer Steer leads Cincinnati in home runs with 21. He’s driven in 74 runs and is slugging .416.
• Austin Hays is batting .266 with an OBP of .316 and a slugging percentage of .454 this season.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in the big leagues.
• Cincinnati has pitched to a 3.90 ERA this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
• The Reds have a combined WHIP of just 1.231 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
• The Reds have given up the 18th-fewest long balls so far this season with 188 home runs allowed.
• Cincinnati pitchers struck out 12 Pirates hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 4-3 loss its last time out.