Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds 6/9/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Milwaukee Brewers play the second game of a three-game series on the road Wednesday against the Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers are 33-26 following a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. Milwaukee is first in the National League Central a half-game ahead of second place Chicago. The Brewers swept Arizona in their four-game series and had Monday off before visiting Cincinnati on Tuesday.

Kolten Wong is batting .280 to lead Milwaukee and the second baseman has a team high 45 hits. Center fielder Avisail Garcia is the leader in home runs with 11 and RBIs with 32. Third baseman Luis Urias is the leader in on-base percentage at .321. On Wednesday, Milwaukee will send Brett Anderson to the mound. The left-hander is 2-3 with an ERA of 4.42, 21 Ks and 12 BBs.

Cincinnati was also off Monday and the Reds improved to 28-29 on Sunday with an 8-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Cincinnati swept St Louis in its four-game series on the road at Busch Stadium. Cincinnati is fourth in the National League Central four games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. The Reds have had good production at the plate with a team batting average of .249 that is fifth in baseball which has produced the eighth most runs with 282.

Nick Castellanos is batting .359 to lead Cincinnati and the right fielder is the leader in hits with 75 and on-base percentage at .415. Outfielder Jesse Winker is the leader in home runs with 17 and right fielder Tyler Naquin is the leader in RBIs with 38. On Wednesday, Cincinnati will send Vladimir Gutierrez to the mound. The right-hander is 1-1 with an ERA of 2.70, 6 Ks and 5 BBs.