Milwaukee Brewers at Tampa Bay Rays 6/29/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Wednesday MLB schedule will get underway with a matinee between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays from Tropicana Field. The Brewers (43-33) are riding a three-game winning streak and hold a one-game lead over St. Louis for the top spot in the NL Central Division. Last night, Milwaukee 2B Luis Urias homered and drove in three runs to lead Milwaukee to a 5-3 road victory against Tampa Bay.

Twenty-seven year old lefty Eric Lauer (6-3 3.89 ERA) will look to find his way out of a rough patch The Brewers have dropped four of Lauer’s last five starts and he has given up 20 runs over his last 27 plus frames.

The Tampa Bay Rays are nine games above .500 at home and 14 games behind AL East Division leading New York. On Tuesday, Tampa Bay batters went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and struck out 14 times. 3B Yandy Diaz had two hits and scored twice in a losing effort for the Rays, who fell to 40-33 on the season.

The Rays will give the nod to twenty-nine year old southpaw Jeffrey Springs (3-2 2.25 ERA) on Wednesday. Tampa Bay has won Springs’ last five starts and he has allowed just nine runs total over that stretch.