Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers 8/22/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/21/2022 at 10:39 PM ET

Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers 8/22/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

On Monday, the Milwaukee Brewers open a three-game series on the road against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Milwaukee is 63-56 following a 6-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Milwaukee has lost five of the last seven and the Brewers have slipped to five games behind first place St Louis in the National League Central.

Left fielder Christian Yelich is batting .252 to lead Milwaukee and has team highs in hits with 108 and on-base percentage at .355. First baseman Rowdy Tellez is the leader in home runs with 25 and RBIs with 73. On Monday, the Milwaukee Brewers will send Eric Lauer to the mound. The left-hander is 8-5 with a 3.58 ERA, 123 Ks and 45 BBs.

Los Angeles improved to 83-26 following its 7-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday. Dustin May returns from an extended stay on the injury list and had 9 strikeouts in the win. Los Angeles has won two straight and 16 of the last 19. The Dodgers have the best record in baseball and are first in the National League West, 18 games ahead of the second-place San Diego Padres.

First baseman Freddie Freeman is batting .321 to lead Los Angeles and has team highs in hits with 148th and on-base percentage of .398. Right fielder Mookie Betts is the leader in home runs with 27 and shortstop Trea Turner is the leader in RBIs with 83. On Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers will send Julio Urias to the mound. The left-hander is 13-6 with a 2.40 ERA, 123 Ks and 26 BBs.

Milwaukee starter Eric Lauer is coming off an outing in which the left-hander allowed two runs across seven innings resulting in a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Therefore the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in each of Lauer’s last three starts. Los Angeles starter Julio Urias has not allowed any earned runs in three of the last five starts and the UNDER has cashed in four of the five. Final Score Prediction, Los Angeles Dodgers win but our best play is UNDER 4-2.

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