Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers odds, predictions, picks and bets

The Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers are playing a three-game series at Miller Park starting Friday at 8:10 p.m. Eastern.

The Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers had a day off on Thursday. The Cubs won at San Francisco Giants 4-1 and the Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4.

Kyle Hendricks and Gio Gonzalez are the starting pitchers for Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers. Hendricks is 8-7 with a 3.41 ERA and a 95/23 K-BB ratio in 18 starts. Gonzalez is 2-1 with 3-60 ERA in seven starts and is 4-2 with the 3 3/3 ERA at Miller Park.

The Cubs are 8-4 since the All-Star break. The Brewers are 7-6. Keston Hiura and Christian Yelich have 13-game hitting streaks. Cubs C Willson Contreras is 2-for-5 with two HRs in his career against Gio Gonzalez. Anthony Rizzo is 3- for-29 with one HR against him.

The Cubs are 8-4 since the All-Star break. The Brewers are 7-6. Brewers 2B Keston Hiura and NL MVP Christian Yelich are on 13-game hitting streaks.

The season series is tied 3-3. Cubs are 8-10 in Hendricks' starts, while Brewers are 5-2 in Gonzalez's starts.

The Milwaukee Brewers are 31-23 at home and 19-29 on the road. The Cubs are 19 -112 at the away.

The Cubs are 5-13 O/U in Hendricks’ starts, including 0-3 in his last three. The Brewers are 1-6 O-U with Gonzalez”s starts. O‘U is 2-8 in the last 10 head-to-head-meetings.

The O/U is 2-8 in the last 10 head-to-head-meetings. The Cubs are 1-7-1 O-U in their last nine games, but the Brewers are 5-0-O-u in last six.

Chicago Cubs are 9-6 since the All-Star break.