Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers 8/5/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Cincinnati Reds play the opening game of a three-game series on the road Friday versus the Milwaukee Brewers. Cincinnati is 42-62 following its 3-0 loss to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for Cincinnati. The Reds are third in the National League Central, 15 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. Discover more MLB games taking place on Friday with our MLB Predictions page.

Third baseman Brandon Drury is batting .274 to lead Cincinnati Ohio and has team highs in home runs with 20, RBIs with 59 and hits with 96. First baseman Joey Votto is the leader in on-base percentage at .335. Cincinnati has not announced its starting pitcher for Friday's open game of a three-game series against Milwaukee.

Milwaukee dropped to 57-47 following its 8-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Milwaukee has lost each of the first two games of its series with Pittsburgh that concludes on Thursday prior to hosting the Reds on Friday. Milwaukee has lost three straight and the Brewers’ lead at the top of the National League Central has been reduced to 1 ½ games over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Left fielder Christian Yelich is batting .263 to lead Milwaukee and has team highs in hits with 98 and on-base percentage at .364. Shortstop Willy Adames is the leader in home runs with 21 and first baseman Rowdy Tellez is the leader in RBIs with 68. On Friday, the Milwaukee Brewers will send Eric Lauer to the mound. The left-hander is 7-3 with a 3.75 ERA, 107 Ks and 37 BBs.